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    Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, celebrated on November 1. The Celts lived in Ireland, Britain, and northern France and believed that on Samhain, the boundary between the living and the dead became blurred and spirits could pass through. They would burn crops and animals as sacrifices and wear costumes. When the Romans conquered the Celts, they combined Samhain with their festivals Feralia and Pomona. Samhain was later incorporated into Christianity to coincide with All Souls' Day. Halloween was scarcely celebrated in the US until the 19th century when Irish immigrants brought the tradition due to the Great Irish Famine.

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    Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, celebrated on November 1. The Celts lived in Ireland, Britain, and northern France and believed that on Samhain, the boundary between the living and the dead became blurred and spirits could pass through. They would burn crops and animals as sacrifices and wear costumes. When the Romans conquered the Celts, they combined Samhain with their festivals Feralia and Pomona. Samhain was later incorporated into Christianity to coincide with All Souls' Day. Halloween was scarcely celebrated in the US until the 19th century when Irish immigrants brought the tradition due to the Great Irish Famine.

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    Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, celebrated on November 1. The Celts lived in Ireland, Britain, and northern France and believed that on Samhain, the boundary between the living and the dead became blurred and spirits could pass through. They would burn crops and animals as sacrifices and wear costumes. When the Romans conquered the Celts, they combined Samhain with their festivals Feralia and Pomona. Samhain was later incorporated into Christianity to coincide with All Souls' Day. Halloween was scarcely celebrated in the US until the 19th century when Irish immigrants brought the tradition due to the Great Irish Famine.

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    Where did Halloween come from?

    Adapted from: metro.co.uk

    Millions celebrate Halloween all around the world, but where did the festival come from?

    Halloween (31st of October) falls on the eve of the Christian festival All Hallow’s Day, so is
    known as All Hallow’s Eve, Allhalloween or All Saints’ Eve. The origins of the festival date
    back to the time of the ancient Celts and the Celtic festival of Samhain in particular.

    Samhain – which is November in Irish, pronounced sow-in – was the festival that marked
    the end of summer and the harvest season. The Celts lived in Ireland, Britain and northern
    France and were pagans. Halloween has its roots in the pagan traditions of the Celts, on
    Samhain they believed that this night marked the night that the door between this world
    and the next was open and spirits could pass through, distinctions between the living and
    the dead became blurred.

    The presence of these spirits made it easier for the Druids – Celtic priests – to make a
    prediction about the future. This was important to the lifestyle of the Celts as they
    depended on the weather and the natural world to survive, the prophecies gave the Celts
    hope and direction to survive the harsh winter. On Samhain, the Celts would burn animals
    or crops on the bonfire as a sacrifice to the Celtic gods. The Celts would wear animal heads
    and skins as costumes and tell each other’s fortunes on Samhain.

    When the Romans conquered the Celts, they combined the Celtic festival of Samhain with
    the Roman festival Feralia which was a day in October when the Romans commemorated
    the passing of the dead. The second festival was the day to honour Pomona, the goddess
    of fruit, which explains the bobbing for apples tradition on Halloween. Samhain was
    incorporated into Christianity, to match up with All Souls’ Day on November 2.

    Halloween was scarcely celebrated in colonial New England because of the Protestant
    belief system there. It was only in the second half of the nineteenth century when America
    was flooded with Irish immigrants because of the Great Famine from 1845 to 1852 in
    Ireland that the popularity of Halloween spread and grew. Halloween had lost most of its
    spiritual and religious meaning by the early 20th Century because of the move in America
    to make the festival less scary and more about community spirit.

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    1. Introduction: How many annual ancient festivals/holidays can you think of?

    2. Focus on Vocabulary:
    fall to happen on a particular day or date
    eve the period immediately before something
    crop a plant grown for food, usually on a farm
    harvest the time when a crop is collected
    pagan relating to an ancient religion that had many gods
    roots the cause or origin of something
    blurred difficult to understand or unable to see clearly
    harsh harsh weather is extremely cold and unpleasant
    costume clothes that performers wear in a play, movie, carnival, etc
    tell someone’s fortune to say what will happen to someone in the future using ‘magic
    powers’
    bobbing for apples a game where people try to get apples floating in water using
    only their teeth
    match up to be similar to, or the same as, something or someone
    scarcely almost not, or almost none
    famine a situation in which there is not enough food for a lot of people
    scary making you feel frightened

    3. Read for Gist: Does the text mention the Devil (or Satan) as being involved in
    Halloween?

    4. Read for Detail:


    a. On what date is All Hallow’s Day?
    b. Did the Celts live in Northern or Southern Europe?
    c. Why was it important for the Celts to be able to predict the future?
    d. What is the name of the festival that celebrates Pomona?
    e. When did Halloween become popular in the USA?
    f. Who took Halloween to the USA?
    g. Americans made Halloween more frightening? True or False?

    5. Follow up Task:
    Discussion: In what ways do people say they can predict the future? Do they work?

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