HALLOWE

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HALLOWEEN

• OÍCHE SHAMHNA

P.OSHEA
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• Samhain is the old Irish word which means the
  end of summer. It marked the end of the harvest
  and the beginning of the cold, dark, winter
  season.

• Origins
• Of
• Halloween

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• Samhain was seen as a time when the 'door' to
  the  otherworld opened enough for the souls of
  the dead and other beings to come into our
  world. The souls of the dead were said to revisit
  their homes on Samhain.

• The
• OTHER-WORLD

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• Halloween is also thought to have been
  influenced by the Christian holy day of All
  Saints Day  This was the 1st of November (also
  known as All Hallows Evening). Hallow is an
  old English word for holy. Eve is short for
  evening. All Hallows Eve gives us Halloween
  - A time for praying for all the dead.

• All
• Hallows
• Eve

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• Because it was believed that ghosts etc could
  come back to visit the earth on Halloween,
  people started to disguise themselves so that
  they wouldnt be recognised. This led to one of
  the customs of the season, dressing up and
  disguising oneself. Nowadays people buy costumes.

• DRESSING UP

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• When children dress up they go around from house
  to house. This is called Trick or Treating.
  They ask for a small treat and if they dont get
  it they will play a trick on the people at the
  door. Treats used to be fruit, nuts and apples.
  Now they are sweets and crisps.

• Other
• customs

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• At home, people play different games. One of
  these is bobbing for apples, where apples are
  floating in a bowl of water and children have to
  catch them in their mouths, but their hands are
  tied behind their backs. Try itits difficult.

• Games
• at
• home

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• In Ireland, one of the special things we eat at
  Halloween is Barm Brack. This is a fruit bread.
  In the cake is a ring or, sometimes, a coin. If
  you find the ring it means you will get married
  within the year!!.
• Pumpkin is also popular at this time. It may be
  made in a pie or a soup.

• Food

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• In America, people celebrate Halloween in a big
  way. When Irish emigrants went to America in the
  19th century they brought Halloween and the
  customs with them. Americans adapted the customs
  and made them their own.
• Nowadays the decorations and costumes are
  beautiful and colourful.

• America

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!