Ancient Origins
In the United States
Around the World
Halloween Riddles
Mystery
100
The regions the Celtic people are from.
What is Ireland, the United Kingdom, and areas of northern France?
100
The practice of children going from house to house asking for candy.
What is trick or treating?
100

A three day celebration honoring the dead.

What is Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead?

100
Most people don’t know this, but I am a fruit! I am orange in color and symbolic of both Halloween and the fall. Many people cut faces in me for Halloween.
What is a pumpkin?
100

This is what you say when you go to someone’s house on Halloween night expecting candy. It is a compound word that we also put –ing on the end sometimes.

What is trick-or-treat?

200
This was the name that eventually became Halloween.
What is All-hallows eve?
200
The reason many Irish people came to America.
What is the Irish potato famine?
200
These countries celebrate Halloween much like the U.S.
What is Ireland, France, Italy, and Canada?
200
I have long been a despised character in history. Many people link me to cauldrons, potions, and magic and some even believe I ride a broomstick!
What is a witch?
200
In the sentence from line 30-32, this word means an arrival or entry of large numbers of people.
What is influx?
300

To celebrate Samhain the Celtic people...

What is sacrificed food and animals, lit bonfires, and wore animal skin costumes?

300
The second largest commercial holiday in the United States.
What is Halloween?
300
The countries that celebrate Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead.
What is Mexico, Latin America, and Spain?
300
I was once a person, but now I am just a transparent version of my former self. I like to hang out in graveyards and haunted houses.
What is a ghost?
300
The date that All Souls day is celebrated.
What is November 2nd?
400

A time to harvest and store crops.

What is the beginning of winter (for the Celts)?

400
People wore these so ghosts wouldn’t recognize them when they left their home.
What is costumes and masks?
400
The specific date family members gather at the gravesite of their loved ones to share food and stories about the departed.
What is November 2nd?
400

I am a natural event that happens every month. People think strange things happen when I am out. Werewolves look forward to seeing me.

What is a full moon?

400
In the sentence from line 44-45, this word means to recall and show respect for someone or something in a ceremony.
What is a commemorated?
500

The Celtic people and their new year holiday, nearly 2,000 years ago.

What is the ancient origins of Halloween?

500

The largest commercial holiday in the United States.

What is Christmas?

500

Constructing alters in their homes and decorating them with flowers and candy.

What is what family members do to honor the deceased for Day of the Dead?

500
Superstitious people stay away from me. No one wants me to cross their path!
What is a black cat?
500
The day that was similar to Samhain because there were bonfires and people dressed in costume.
What is All Souls Day?
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