Samhain is a precursor to the modern-day Halloween festival, and many Samhain customs and traditions survive in Halloween, for example going from door to door in disguise (or in costume) to ask for food in exch
Christianity incorporated the honouring of the dead into the Christian calendar with All Saints (All Hallows) on November 1st, followed by All Souls on November 2nd. The wearing of costumes and masks to ward off harmful spirits survived as Halloween customs. The Irish emigrated to America in gre...
One theory holds that many Halloween traditions were influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which are believed to havepagan roots; some go further and suggest that Samhain may have been Christianized as All Hallow's Day, along with its eve, by the early...
Where do the customs associated with Halloween come from? Even in America some of the Halloween activities stem back from the millions who fled to USA from Ireland.The term Celts is a misused term as the term " Celt " was not used at the time of the Ancient or Early People in the ...