Well Samhain was to celebrate the end of the Summer Equinox (I think)so the gathering of food to see you through the Winter one was probably undertaken during the three day festivity.
so.................. it's not that big a leap, especially as kids don;t want to eat Barley as much as they used to.
(so.................. it's not that big a leap, especially as kids don;t want to eat Barley as much as they used to.
HappyToast Groat froth,
Tue 31 Oct 2006, 9:43,
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The impression I got (and this is confirmed by the ever reliable Wikipedia)is that Halloween was ditched as something to celebrate in England and bonfire night celebrated instead. It's only recently (the 1980's according to Wikipedia) that there was a resurgence, and the American style of Halloween celebrations used. Hence it being imported as a tradition.
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wheelybird mreee!,
Tue 31 Oct 2006, 9:52,
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It was resurgent well before the nineties.Edit:(sorry misread your post)
I remember as a student in the mid to late eighties keeping a battery powered water pistol near the front door to soak any trick or treaters who came knocking.
I believe the whole thing was started off in England by US servicemen's families in East Anglia.
(I remember as a student in the mid to late eighties keeping a battery powered water pistol near the front door to soak any trick or treaters who came knocking.
I believe the whole thing was started off in England by US servicemen's families in East Anglia.
F5 F5 F5 Can't be arsed.,
Tue 31 Oct 2006, 9:57,
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There's no such thing as a summer equinox.You have a summer solstice (June 21/22), an autumn equinox (Sept 21/22) a winter solstice (Dec 21/22) and a spring equinox (March 21/22).
( F5 F5 F5 Can't be arsed.,
Tue 31 Oct 2006, 9:54,
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which is why I said "I think"I'm no expert, mainly due to not being alive hundreds of years ago
( HappyToast Groat froth,
Tue 31 Oct 2006, 10:14,
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Hundreds of years?How dare you! I'm not forty yet.
( F5 F5 F5 Can't be arsed.,
Tue 31 Oct 2006, 10:21,
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