Traditions
Women used to play games involving yarn, apple pairing, or mirrors to find their future...
Husbands
What was given to the children who went souling?
What is Soul cakes
What day was Samhain celebrated on?
What is October 31st to November 1st
What did All Saints day honor?
What is any and all saints
What vegetable was carved out before the Irish introduced pumpkins?
What is turnips/potatoes.
Why do people often avoid crossing paths with black cats?
What is many people thought that witches transformed into black cats.
What was trick or treating called from the 14th century to the 1800s?
What is souling
What is one way the Celts celebrated Samhain?
What is bonfires, costumes, or telling fortunes
What is the difference between All Saints day and Guy Fawks day?
What is all saints day celebrates saints while Guy Fawks day is Anti-catholic
Why did the celts often dress up in animal skins?
What is to scare away evil spirits.
Where did the tradition of carving pumpkins come from?(what person)
Stingy Jack
When did people begin to hand out candy instead of soul cakes?
What is after world war 2
What kinds of costumes did the celts wear on Samhain?
What is animal skins
What day is Guy Fawks day celebrated?
What is November 5th
Why did more than a million Irish Catholics flee to North America from Ireland?
What is the Irish potato famine.
On guy Fawkes day, many soulers would dress up as...
Guy Fawkes or popes
What did the soul cakes represent?
What is a soul being freed.
What did Samhain represent?
What is the date marked the end of warm weather and the beginning of the dark, cold winter
A group of dissident Catholics tried to assassinate the protestant King James I of Britain in an attempt known as...
The gunpowder plot
Americans spend more than $____ on Halloween.
11 billion dollars
What Greek goddess did the tradition of bobbing for apples likely come from?
What is Pomona
Other than soul cakes, what was given to soulers?
What is money, prayers, or ale
If Samhain was a person he may have been the god of...
Death
All Saints day was later named what?
What is All Hollows
_____ was the first place to celebrate Halloween.
What is Anoka Minnesota.