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- Halloween was thought to have originated around 4000 B.C. 😲
- The term "jack o' lantern" originates from an Irish folktale about a cheap man named "Stingy Jack" who made a deal with the devil. Get the full, fun story here.
- Hong Kong's Festival of Hungry Ghosts 👻 is called Yue Lan. In Taoism, the festival is a judgment day for ghosts
- Scottish women hung wet sheets in front of a fire 🔥 to see their future husbands on Halloween.
- Some women threw apple peels 🍎 behind them on Halloween because they believed it would land in the shape of the first letter of their future husband's name.
- For the celebration of Samhain, people would put treats🍬 or food out to pacify evil spirits. This Celtic tradition led to modern-day trick-or-treating.
- The first horror movie 🙈 to be nominated for an Academy Award was The Exorcist. It earned a whopping 10 Oscar nominations in 1974, including a Best Supporting Actress nod for then-15-year-old Linda Blair.
- The two countries that popularized Halloween costumes for trick-or-treating were Scotland 🏴 and Ireland 🇮🇪.
- The Irish, who started the tradition of making jack o' lanterns, first used potatoes 🥔 and turnips for jack o' lanterns before finding that pumpkins 🎃 were actually much easier to carve. In England, large beets were sometimes used.
- Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit 🍓 and trees 🌳 is said to be honored on Halloween. Many believe bobbing for apples 🍏 on Halloween stemmed from Roman traditions to honor Pomona.
- Halloween was first celebrated in the United States around the 1840s when there were large numbers of Irish immigrants fleeing from the potato 🥔 famine in their home country.
- Some superstitions state that if you wear your clothes inside out and walk backward on Halloween, you'll see a witch 🧙♀️ at midnight.
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Now, let's all have some spooky fun and learn something new about Halloween!
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Hi @MountainMom , thanks for the discussion and I will join in because I want the badge 😁
One bit of Trivia has to do with music. The all time best song is
The Monster Mash. 👇️
I was working in the lab, late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my monster from his slab, began to rise
And suddenly to my surprise
He did the monster mash
(The monster mash) It was a graveyard smash
(He did the mash) It caught on in a flash
(He did the mash) He did the monster mash
For those that know the song, guess what you will be humming all day long! 🤣🤣
From my laboratory in the castle east
To the master bedroom where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes
They did the monster mash
(The monster mash) It was a graveyard smash
(They did the mash) It caught on in a flash
(They did the mash) They did the monster mash
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Quote from the internet 🙂:
Europe doesn't celebrate Halloween like the U.S
Even though Halloween was brought to the U.S from the Irish and Scottish immigrants. the rest of Europe didn't begin celebrating the holiday until decates later. Although many European countries now celebrate the holiday, it hasn't been quite as commercialized as the U.S
I'd add: some countries and regions have its own old traditions linked to the eve of the Day to the Dead and/or the Day of the Dead but they're no Halloween as we know it now.
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Question: What was used before pumpkins to make jack o'lanterns?
Answer: The Irish, who started the tradition, first used potatoes and turnips for jack o'lanterns before finding that pumpkins were actually much easier to carve. In England, large beets were sometimes used.
