The Geography of Halloween And Review for Exam

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The Geography of Halloween(And Review for Exam)
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Critical Thinking

• What kinds of push and pull factors caused the
  ancient Celts to migrate from central Europe?

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Samhain

• Three day Celtic festival marking end of harvest
• Ritual offerings, bonfires
• Slaughter of animals

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Celts Christianized by Romans
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Critical Thinking

• What kind of diffusion resulted in the Celts
  becoming Christians and church dictates that
  changed Celtic practices?

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All Souls Day

• Samhain seen as evil pagan festival
• Replaced by All Souls Day (Nov. 2)
• A day to honor and commemorate dead

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Critical Thinking

• What happens to the crude death rate in each
  stage of the demographic transition model?

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But pagan traditions endure

• Dead are said to rise and seek food/comfort from
  living
• Many leave offerings to the dead, especially food
• Pour milk or honey on graves of departed

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Critical Thinking

• The number of deaths per 1,000 live births is
  know as the?

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All Souls Day

• Nov. 1 is All Saints Day
• Also known as All Hallows Day
• Evening before (October 31) is All Hallows Eve
• Hallow Even
• Halloween!

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Critical Thinking

• Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, many
  Irish worked in England as laborers and farm
  hands. The money they sent back to families in
  Ireland is known as ?

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Carving Pumpkins

• Irish and Scottish children would carry Neepy
  Candles
• These were lanterns carved out of a root
  vegetable
• There were no pumpkins in the Old World, so they
  used

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Neeps

• Whats a neep?
• Its also a swede
• Or a rutabaga

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Critical Thinking

• Speaking of root vegetables, what is
  physiological population density?
• What was Malthus point about food production?

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Jack OLantern

• Irish fable
• Stingy Jack and the Devil
• Reinforces idea of dead between heaven and hell

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Critical Thinking

• If Stingy Jack were around today and forced to
  wander without a place to call home, what
  category of refugee would he be?

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Critical Thinking

• Thinking of root vegetables again, what was a
  major push factor for Irish emigration in the
  1840s?
• What do you think happened to Irelands
  population pyramid as a result of this?

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Halloween in the USA

• Irish and Scottish immigrants keep some
  traditions
• Not commercially celebrated until 1930s
• 6th most profitable American holiday for US
  corporations

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Trick-or-Treating

• In Scotland known as guising
• Children dress as ghosts and witches
• Receive candy for good deeds
• No Tricks!
• Thats an American thing

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Critical Thinking

• Trick-or-treating is considered what type of
  population movement?
• What is the space called that a person forms
  through cyclical movement?

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Day of the Dead

• Celebration of lives of departed
• People dress as skeletons
• Combines European and Native customs

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Critical Thinking

• Compare and contrast the leading causes of death
  in Sub-Saharan Africa and Western Europe?