The Halloween Idea Place » History of Halloween http://www.thehalloweenideaplace.com Ideas for Halloween Costumes, Decorations, Parties, Crafts and more!! Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:07:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Halloween Rites http://www.thehalloweenideaplace.com/halloween-ideas/halloween-rites-2/ http://www.thehalloweenideaplace.com/halloween-ideas/halloween-rites-2/#comments Wed, 18 Oct 2006 00:05:32 +0000 Patricia http://thehalloweenideaplace.com/83/halloween-rites-2/ by Sam Stevens

For some of us, EVERY DAY IS HALLOWEEN!!! If you want to be unusual dress up as a nurse, secretary, grocery clerk or bank teller this year. Gypsy, vampires and shaman wanna-bes are everywhere already! [read full article]

]]> http://www.thehalloweenideaplace.com/halloween-ideas/halloween-rites-2/feed/ 0 How the Jack-O-Lantern Came to Be http://www.thehalloweenideaplace.com/halloween-ideas/how-the-jack-o-lantern-came-to-be/ http://www.thehalloweenideaplace.com/halloween-ideas/how-the-jack-o-lantern-came-to-be/#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:09:05 +0000 Patricia http://thehalloweenideaplace.com/79/how-the-jack-o-lantern-came-to-be/ by Terry Kaufman

The name Jack O’Lantern finds its origins in old Irish folk tales. Long ago, there was an Irishman named Jack who was of dubious character. He was a notorious drunkard and troublemaker. [read full article]

]]> http://www.thehalloweenideaplace.com/halloween-ideas/how-the-jack-o-lantern-came-to-be/feed/ 0 Halloween and Its Traditions http://www.thehalloweenideaplace.com/halloween-ideas/halloween-and-its-traditions/ http://www.thehalloweenideaplace.com/halloween-ideas/halloween-and-its-traditions/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:15:23 +0000 Patricia http://thehalloweenideaplace.com/69/halloween-and-its-traditions/ Halloween, also known in Irish Gaelic as “Oíche Samhain” or “Samhain Night,” originated in Ireland. The Celts celebrated it as Samhain, “End of Summer,” a pastoral and agricultural festival of fire, when the dead revisited the mortal world, and large communal bonfires would be lit to ward off evil spirits. In Ireland they continued to practice their deep-rooted, ancient pagan rites well after the arrival of Christianity in the middle of the sixth century. [read full article]

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