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History of Halloween Like many of our most cherished holidays, the origins of Halloween are a curious mixture of religious history and popular folklore. The result is a day that marks the calendar in respect to piety and yet is celebrated in the best traditions of pagan superstition. In the eight century the festival of All Saints' Day, or All Hallows' was universally observed by the Catholic Church. In the Middle Ages, however, the eve of All Saints' Day, or All Hallows' E'en, was believed to be the time of the year when witches and goblins were at thier most active and michievious and the spirits of the dead walked the earth. All Hallows' E'en came to be marked by superstition, even in Christian households. In Ireland a special Hallows supper, colcannon, consisted of potatoes, parsnips, and onions. Before baking, a ring, a coin, and a thimble were added to the ingredients. The person whose portion contained the ring would supposedly be married within the year, the finder of the coin would receive great weatllth, and the one who found the thimble would never marry. In the 1840's, thousands of Irish Citizens sought relief from a terrible potato famine by coming to the New World. They brought with them their All Hallows' E'en customs. "Hallowe'en" was widely seized upon by Americans as an opportunity for fun and frolic, and many beliefs from the Irish and Scottish became important American Halloween images: black cats, jack-o'lanterns, and mischief. The custom of small children venturing into the night to beg for candy can be traced to the 17th centurey. Back then, it was customary for IRish peasants to wander the streets on All Hallows' E''en, begging for money. History of the Halloween Card Halloween, Myths, Monsters and Devils Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Pumpkins Halloween Cards You Can Make Pop Up Ghost Card Pop Up Pumpkin Card Download and Print Halloween Cards 5x7 Folded Cards With Templates. Click on card to see more great downloadable cards. Halloween Crafts Crocheted Halloween Baskets Halloween Luminaries Projects, Recipes and Crafts for Halloween Halloween Quotes to Use for Cardmaking or Scrapbooking Halloween Costumes Costume ideas from Velcro Costumes to make from Kid's Zone Lots of Cute And Easy Halloween Costumes To Make For Babies Hersey's Costume Ideas Homemade costumes Wickedly Easy Halloween Costumes How to Make a Latex Monster Mask Halloween Decorating How to Make Spooky Halloween Curtains Make A Flying Ghost Make a Life Size Witch Stirring a Caldron Halloween Downloadables Halloween Free Clipart Halloween Clipart Bats Halloween Clipart Cats Halloween Clipart Ghosts Halloween Clipart Haunted Houses Halloween Clipart Pumpkins Halloween Clipart Skeletons Halloween Clipart Spiders Halloween Clipart Witches Halloween Make-Up Recipes and Ideas Haloween Make-up Make Your Own Face Makeup Face Paint a Witch Design Face Paint a Skull Design Face Paint a Tiger Design 10 Face Painting Tips Plus 3 Designs Halloween Recipes Make beautiful chocolate fall leaves out of chocolate for a lovely fall cake or fall cupcakes for your special Halloween party. How to Make Chocolate Fall Leaves Tutorial How To Make Licorice Flavored Popcorn Kitty Litter Cake for Halloween Spider Web Cupcakes How to Make Icing Pumpkins For Decorations Edible Haunted House Bizzare Halloween Recipes Severed Toes Pumpkin Carving Patterns Based on the discovery of seeds and pieces of rind left by Indian Tribes that inhabited the southwestern United States, it's believed that the pumpkin, a relative of cucumbers and melons, has supplied human nourishment for more than 7,000 years. How To Grow Pumpkins Haunted House Pumpkin Carving Pattern Black Cat Pumpkin Carving Pattern Pumpkin Carving Patterns Over 40 Pumpkin Carving Patterns Unique With Pictures Pumpkin Carving 101 The Pumpkin Wizzard Pumpkin Carving Patterns Over 400 Pumpkin Carving Patterns Free Pumpkin Carving Patterns Free eBooks from Project Gutenberg The Book of Halowee'en by Ruth Edna Kelly (1919)

Ultimate Halloween Scrapbooking Resource Ebook Includes quotations, poems, card insert poetry, titles, printable tags, printable words, card templates and treat bag templates all with Halloween themes. The Jack-o-lantern custom probably comes from Irish folklore. As the tale is told, a man named Jack, who was notorious as a drunkard and trickster, tricked Satan into climbing a tree. Jack then carved an image of a cross in the tree's trunk, trapping the devil up the tree. Jack made a deal with the devil that, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise to let him down the tree. Vintage Halloween Costume Patterns