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Origins of Halloween
Summary: Explores the Celtic origins and modern day aspects of Halloween and witchcraft.
Why didn't the skeleton dance at the party? It was because he had no body to dance with (www.Halloween.com). Halloween gets its modern name for being the "evening" of "all Hallows", "Hallowed" = "Holy" = "Saint", since the holiday falls on the evening before All Saints Day (Bonewits 2). [Paraphrase] Halloween has many related traditional festivals celebrating the dead all over the world; however, most of these holidays or festivals have the same origins or the Celtic festival of Samhain.
The Celtic people, who were also called Celts, inhabited Ireland, England, France, Wales, Scotland, and other areas surrounding the current area of Great Britain more than 2,500 years ago. These people were named for their weapon of choice called the "Celt". The celt was a thin, sharp edged stone wedge that was used in axes, hatchets, and knives. The Celts had no written language, which is the biggest reason that...
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