The Story of Halloween (1)

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Carving the perfect jack-o-lantern

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Everyone loves Halloween, but do you ever

wonder what it really means?

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2.000 years ago, the Celts lived in the areawhich is now Ireland, the United Kingdom

and northern France.

o They used to grow their own food and theyconsidered harvest time to be the end of the

year.


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Every year, they celebrated New Years Eve on

October 31stwith a festival called Samhain.

The Celts dressed in animal heads and skins for

this festival, and their priests,the Druids,

built huge bonfires which the Celts gathered

around to burn cropsas sacrifices to their

ancient gods.


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October 31stmarked the end of summer

and the beginning of winter and the Celts

believed that on that night, the ghosts of

the dead returned to Earth.

The Celts thought that the ghosts helpedthe Druids to predict the future.


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In about 43 AD, after the Romans

conquered the Celts, two Roman

festivals, Feralia(when Romansremembered their dead) and Pomona

(when the Romans honoured their

goddess of fruits and gardens), were

combined with the Celtic Samhain

festival.


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Later, in the 7th century, when

Christianity reached the land of the

Celts, the Pope made November 1st

All Saints Day.

This was a time for people to

honour saints and martyrs.


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This celebration was also called All

Hallows or Hallowmas.

The night before it became known

as All HallowsEve, which later

changed to Halloween.


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Today, people celebrate Halloween

with black cats and magic from

Samhain, apples and harvest from

Pomona Day and ghosts and skeletons

from All Saints Day.

Its a thrilling mixture of fun and fear !


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Material:

-a pumpkin;

-a large sharp

knife;

-a spoon;

-a small knife;

-a permanent

marker; -a candle;


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1. Put the

pumpkin on the

table;

2. Cut the top

off the pumpkinwith the knife;

3. Use a spoon.

Scoop out theinsides;


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4. Draw the

eyes, nose, andmouth with themarker;

5. Cut out theface with thesmall knife;

6. Put a candleinside and lightit;


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7. Put the top on

the back;

8. Take the jack-

o-lantern and

put it outside on

your porch until

Halloween isover.


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1. On what day is Halloween celebrated?A. December 25;

B. April 1;

C. October 31;

2. The word comes from medieval

Englands All Hallows. .

A. Eve;


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B. time;

C. month;

3. are colours associated with

Halloween.

A. Blue;

B. Red;

C. Orange;


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4. Peoplecarve into jack-

o-lanterns.

A. Melons;

B. Watermelons;

C. Pumpkins;

5. Children go from door to door and

say ..:


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A. Treat or trick;

B. Trick or treat;

C. Trick or beat;


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