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III. About Halloween by Elizabeth Hough Sechrist

"It was not long after the invation of Britain by the Roman people that the Celtic customs began to change. On the first day of November they celebrated Feralia, as it was called in Rome. But in this new country it came to be known as as Halligan, or All Hallows. The evening before it was known  as All Hallow Even, and later this was shortened to Halloween. Halloween was celebrated at the same time as the old Celtic Samhain. And so, in that way, did the Celtic and Roman customs mingle in the celebration of te holiday which has come down to us through centuriesas Halloween."

II. About Halloween by Elizabeth Hough Sechrist

"Samhain [November] was also the beginning of the year for the Celts, but for many reasons it was a rather  sad festival. There was an atmosphere of fear wich made the people perfomr all sorts of rituals  to keep off evil spirits. There was a strong belief in fairies, good and bad.  In Ireland and Wales this believe in fairies outlived the meny centuries of civilization which have passed. Many of the country folk there still believe in these 'wee folk'. They have many names for them  - pookas, leprechauns, bownies, knockers, and bogles".

"On the eve of samhain bonfires were lighted on the highest hills, and from these fires the celts very solemnly and religiously rekindled the hearth fires of their homes. In Wales the hilltop were carefully watched by the people of the village until all the red flames had turned to grey ashes. Then there would be a mad race down the hill with much shouting and excitment for it was the belief that the devil would get the last one down.
The original observances of Samhain have been traced as far back as the time of Ancient Greece and the cult of Dionysus. Many of the rites performed by the Celts and their Druids were very cruel and terrible. But these horrors were eleminated when the Cristian religion was brought to Britain by the Romans."

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I. About Halloween by Elizabeth Hough Sechrist

"To find the very beginning of Halloween we must go back many, many, years ago.
Once upon a time the land witch is now Great Britain was inhabited by people called Celts. Perhaps you have heard of them. The Celts were what we call pagans. They worshiped the sun. They had many religious festivals and at all these they built huge fires on the hilltops in honor of the sun-god. Now, the priests of the people were called Druids, and it was they who performed all the religious rites at the festivals. At these rites they used sacred fires. It is from these fire-rites that the modern use of fire in many of our own celebrations has come. Who would suppose that the bonfires and torch parades at Halloween and perhaps even the lights of the Jack O'Lanterns came from the influence of these people who lived so many hundreds of years ago."

"One of the most important of the Celtic festivals, over which the druids presided, was Samhain. Samhain meant 'Summer's end'. It came in the fall of the year, just after harvest, and was celebrated on the last day of October. When the Roman people invaded Britain and introduced Christianity, this holiday was no longer called Samhain. It came to be Halloween."

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Meg and Mog is a series of children’s books written by Helen Nicoll and illustrated by Jan Pieńkowski. First published in the 1970s, the books are about Meg, a witch whose spells always seem to go wrong, her striped cat Mog, and their friend Owl. The first book was published in January 1972.