Samhain

Picture this – a long, long time ago in the misty, Celtic lands of Ireland and the UK. They celebrated a wild festival called Samhain. But this wasn’t your ordinary party. No, it marked the end of the harvest season and the arrival of winter, a time when the barrier between our world and the spirit realm grew thin.

Now, these folks were pretty superstitious. They thought that spirits, both friendly and not-so-friendly, could cross over into our world during Samhain. To keep those spooky spirits at bay, they lit huge bonfires and got decked out in creepy costumes made from animal hides. Imagine running into someone wearing a deer head on Halloween – pretty eerie, right?

They also left out tasty treats for these spirits as bribes to behave. Plus, they’d try to glimpse their futures, using things like apple peels or nuts to predict what lay ahead. Samhain was like a Halloween night on steroids, a mix of harvest, hauntings, and fortune-telling – truly the OG Halloween vibe!

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