Halloween Costume
Halloween is right popular in Ireland, where it originated, and is down pat in Irish as OÃÂche Shamhna (pron: ee-hah how-nah), literally "Samhain Night". Pre-Christian Celts had an autumn festival, Samhain (pronounced /ÃÂsàaunò/from the Grizzled Irish samain), "End of Summer", a countrified http://www.dizguise.com/c-10004-womens-costumes.aspx and agricultural "fire festival" or feast, when the dead revisited the mortal world, and large communal bonfires would hence be lit to ward off baneful spirits.
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Halloween was perceived as the night during which the breaking up between the class of the living and the otherworld was blurred so spirits of the dead and inhabitants from the underworld were able to promenade free on the earth
- It was believed chief to dress as a spirit or otherworldly creature when venturing outdoors to blend in, and this is where dressing in such a manner for Halloween comes from
- This gradually evolved into trick-or-treating because children would knock on their neighbours' doors, in adjustment to gather fruit, nuts, and sweets for the Halloween festival
- Savor was once sprinkled in the hair of the children to protect against destructive spirits.