🎃Interesting Halloween facts🎃
🎃 Halloween has had several different names:
👻The correct spelling of Halloween is actually: Hallow’en
🕷Halloween celebrations date back 2000 years ago: as traditional pagan traditions
💀 The tradition of wearing masks on Halloween: comes from Welsh and Celtic traditions that the dead visit the living on October 31st.
The masks are intended to keep the spirits of the dead from recognizing the living.
🍁In America during the 1800’s: The end of the harvest season was celebrated at the end of October by wearing costumes , eating sweets, and playing jokes on each other .
🎃The tradition of Trick or Treating: In the 1930’s Teenagers playing practical Jokes on Halloween night started to turn ugly and sometimes violent, and a movement was started where , if the homeowner gave the children candy they wouldn’t harm their property, but if they did not give candy they would pull pranks on them. Hence the term ‘Trick or Treat’
💀 In 1964: Helen pfeil of Greenlawn, NY was arrested for handing out Arsenic laced treats as a prank on teens she deemed too old for trick or treating
🕷 Bobbing for apples: started with a Roman harvest festival honoring Pamona, the goddess of fruit trees
🍁 Jack o’ lanterns: originated in Ireland as hallowed out turnips with candles in them to keep away evil spirits on the Samhain holiday
👻 About 99% of all pumpkins: Are sold as Jack o Lanterns for Halloween
🎃 Orange and black: are traditional Halloween colors
Orange: represents the fall harvest
Black: represents the darkness
🕷 Black cats: Get a bad rap on Halloween because they were once believed to be a witches subordinates who protected their master’s dark powers.
💀 If you see a spider on Halloween: it’s said to be a loved ones spirit watching over you
👻 Halloween: is said to be the second most commercially successful holiday, Christmas is number 1
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