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Halloween: History behind the ghosts
Ghosts, goblins, monsters and witches;
lack-o' lanterns, costume parties and
trick or treating — how did these
strange traditions come to play such an impor
tant role m contemporary American society?
In her book All About American Holidays,
Maymie Kyrth traces current American Hallow
een traditions to their roots in the Druid festival
Samhain. the Roman festival honoring Pomona,
and the Christian holiday of All Saints Day
Druid Samhain
According to Kyrth, Halloween traditions
stem from the Celts of ancient France and the
British Isles These people held two important
feasts every year, one on Oct 31 and the other
on May 1
The supernatural played a large part in the
autumn ceremony, as the Druids “tried to pla
cate Lord Death." Bonfires were lit atop hills as
people danced around them in costumes and
grotesque masks.
This ritual mimicked what the druids be
lieved to be happening elsewhere on this same
day Witches were said to be dancing to the
devil's music on other hilltops as the spirits of
those who had died in the last year spent a few
earth hours carousing about before moving on
to the next world
Roman KcaM of Pomona
Romans, who later occupied the Celtic
homelands, adjfed to the testival from their
Feast of Pomona The celebration honored Po
mona, the goddess of fruits. Krythe wutes she
believes this is where the American traditions
involving produce such as pumpkins and ap
ples originated
All Saints Day
In the seventh century. All Saints Day began
as a Christian holiday observed every Nov. 1.
Oct. 31 is thus All Hallows' Eve (holy or hal
lowed evening).
According to Dorothy Spicers’ The Book of
Festivals, this day Is honored in much of the
world as a Christian religious festival, but the
American traditions remain primarily of Druid
origin.
Finally Gaellic immigrants brought the tradi
tions of Oct. 31 to the New World. Krythe
states that trick-or-treating originated from the
tradition of poor people going to the homes of
well to do and asking for a "soul cake" on All
Soul's Eve Jack-o'-lanterns are said to be
based on the story of a stingy Irishman named
Jack who was condemned to wander the earth
for eternity carrying a lantern.
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