HALLOWEEN!
Credo Reference includes Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary,
which says (in part)
That Halloween was originally celebrated as a harvest festival. The Celts (pronounced KELTS) thought that this festival (SAMHAIN) was a time when the spirits of the dead roamed the earth.
Witches, goblins, black cats, and ghosts were said to roam abroad.
Irish settlers brought many of their traditional Halloween customs, such as bobbing for apples and lighting jack-o’-lanterns—to America in the 1840s.
Treats are exchanged for "safety," and the cry of "Trick or treat"warns us that, with no treat forthcoming, costumed children might play a prank!
Some people enjoy being scared. Here is a list of some of the scary links and places people go during the Halloween season.
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