History
What country did Halloween originate in more than 2,000 years ago?
What is Ireland?
What did the ancient Celtics craving in order to ward off evil spirits?
What is turnips?
What do we now carve today in celebration of Halloween?
What is Pumpkins?
What is the name of the ancient Celtic festival that marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of winter?
What is Samhain?
What did the Celtics try to deter?
What is Evil spirits/ ghosts/ the dead?
What did kids do in order to get candy?
What is vandalism?
What century did Halloween really kick off in America and what group of immigrants brought those traditions to America?
What is the (late) 19th century and Irish?
What traditions did the Irish bring over to America in the 1840’s?
What is bobbing for apples and playing tricks on neighbors
What century did trick or treating become popular?
What is 20th century? (1900’s)
What was the festival Samhain renamed to in the 7th century?
what is all saints day, to honor martyrs
Why did people wear masks when leaving their house on October 31st?
What is to be mistaken as ghosts who walked the earth
Halloween parties became popular in what years?
What is the 1920’s and 1930’s
What did the focus of Halloween shift to in the late 1800’s from ghosts, pranks, and witchcraft to?
What is more about communities and neighborly get-togethers and parties
What was one of the first distinctivly American Halloween traditions
What is “Play parties”
Why did people bob for apples?
What is