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Symbols of HalloweenThe carved pumpkin , lit by a candle inside, is one of Halloween's most prominent symbols in America, and is commonly called a jack-o'-lantern . Originating in Europe, these lanterns were first carved from a turnip or rutabaga. Believing that the head was the most powerful part of the body containing the spirit and the knowledge, the Celts used the "head" of the vegetable to frighten off any superstitions.
The name jack-o'-lantern can be traced back to the Irish legend
of Stingy Jack, a greedy, gambling,
hard-drinking old farmer . He tricked the devil into climbing a tree and trapped
him by ...
Halloween in EnglandAll Saints ' Day (All Hallows Day) became fixed on November 1 in 835, and All Souls' Day on November 2, circa 998. On All Souls' Eve, families stayed up late, and little "soul cakes" were eaten by everyone. At the stroke of midnight there was solemn silence among households, which had candles burning in every room to guide the souls back to visit their earthly homes, and a glass of wine on the table to refresh them.
The tradition
continued in areas of northern England
as late as the 1930s, with children going from door-to-door "souling"
(i.e., singing songs) for cakes ...
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A zombie is a reanimated human corpse. Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled as workers by a powerful sorcerer. Zombies became a popular device in modern horror fiction, largely because of the success of George A. Romero's 1968 film Night of the Living Dead. |
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