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What day is Halloween?
October 31
What people/culture does Halloween come from?
Celtic people
What is put inside the pumpkin to make it light up?
Candle
What do you get when you go trick-or-treating?
Candy
What colors are used most during Halloween?
Orange and black
What is the festival on November 1st called?
All Saints Day
Who invaded the Celtic people?
Romans
What year does the work jack-o-lantern date back to?
1660
What do people wear when they go trick-or-treating?
Costumes
What are 3 common costumes during Halloween?
Ghost, vampire, witch, mummy, werewolf, Frankenstein
What is it called when lights come from bubbles inside swamps or bogs?
Willow wisps or back in the day jack-o-lanterns
What was the first holiday before Halloween?
Samhain (sow-in)
What were jack-o-lanterns used for?
To keep away the bad and evil spirits
What country had halloween "mumming" by the 1500s?
Ireland
What is an old name for Halloween?
All Hallows Eve
What is one activity that comes from the Romans when they started Halloween by using Celtic tradition and their own?
Apple bobbing
What were the Celtic priests called?
Druids
What was the first vegetable that was carved?
Turnip
What is mumming?
When you go from door to door and perform so that people will give you food or goods
What are other old names for trick-or-treating?
Mumming, souling, or guising
What does Samhain celebrate?
The harvest
What year does Halloween date back to?
750 BC
What year was the halloween party that made jack-o-lanterns popular?
1892
What year and where did Halloween "mumming" first get called trick-or-treat ?
Alberta, Canada in 1927
Who was the Goddess of trees and fruits?
Pomona