Did you know that the word Halloween is first thought to have been used as far back as the early 16th century and is thought to represent a Scottish enterpretation of the full title – All-Hallows-Even which itself represent the day before All Hallows’ Day otherwise known as All Saints Day. However the words All Hallows’ was found in Old English.
Halloween celebrated every year on the October 31 all around the world, and the most common ways of celebrating this day is by children going out Trick or Treating and the adults having fun fancy dress parties.
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Halloween Fact!
Did you know that the carving
of pumpkins (otherwise known as Jack-o-lanterns) on Halloween was infact
originally turnips! It was originally Scotland and Ireland that used to carve
turnips in to lanterns as a symbol of remembering the souls that had been
purified or temporarly punished so that they had been made ready for heaven.
It was Americans during the
mid to late 19th century who used pumpkins to carve in to lanterns
as they were much easier to cut through and they also grew much larger than the
traditional turnip.
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Halloween themes and colours such as purples and greens, witches and ghosts have developed throughout the centuries and more so over the past 50-100 years. It is now known as a fun time rather than the serious nature it once was about.
