Halloween, one of the world’s oldest holidays, is still
celebrated today in a number of countries around the globe.
The Celts, who lived 2000 years ago in the area that now
Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on
November 1. They believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth on the
night of October 31.
People thought that they would encounter ghosts if they left
their homes. To avoid being recognized by these ghosts, people would wear masks
when they left their homes after dark so that the ghost would mistake them for
fellow spirits. On Halloween, to keep ghosts away from their houses, people
would place bowls of food outside their homes to appease the ghosts and prevent
them from attempting to enter.
People have been making jack-o’-lanterns at Halloween for
centuries. The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed “Stingy
Jack.” According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink
with him. The story is long and unhappy, of course. After Jack’s dead he
couldn’t find the place for themselves anywhere, so, he still walking and
looking for silent and peace. In Ireland and Scotland, people began to make
their own version of Jack’s lanterns by carving scary faces into turnips or
potatoes and placing them into windows or near doors to frighten away Stingy
Jack and others wandering evil spirits.
Nowadays everything is different. People don’t know why they
celebrate Halloween; they are just doing this for fun. But this is still the
way to get together, talk, eat and spend time with children.
Some time ago we tried to make ourselves prepared for make Stingy Jack run away.
...and here something from internet to scare Stingy Jack:
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