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Halloween
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The Celtic people of Ireland celebrated a festival called Samhain,
which means the end of summer. During this time crops were harvested and
animals were slaughtered to prepare for the long, cold winter. The Celtics
belived that the worlds betw .... Middle of Term Paper
... cold and
undesirable. The townspeople would dress up in costumes and noisily parade
around the neighborhood, being as destructive as possible in an attempt to
scare the spirits away.
Trick-or-Treat was said to come from people leaving food for the
spirits on their doorsteps to ensure a good year. Another myth about how
Trick-or-Treating got started is by the Celebration honoring Muck Olla
where a parade of people begged for food and the leader wore a mask, which
is how costumes were started.
Halloween didn't become widely celebrated in the United States
until the 1800's when immigrants from Ireland and Scotland came to America.
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