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Essay Galaxy - Halloween
Halloween
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 between the dead and the living could communicate
because the air was the thinnest during this time. So October 31 was known
as The eve of all Hallows, Hallows even, and eventually Halloween.
There are many stories that explain how the traditions of Halloween
were formed, so no one knows exactly how Halloween came to be. One myth is
that on this day the disembodied spirits of all those who died throughout
the proceeding year would come back in search for bodies to possess for the
next year. Not wanting to be possessed, the living people of the town would
put out the fires in their homes s....
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