Monday, October 31, 2005

Origins and folklore of Halloween



Originally a pagan festival called Samhain (pronounced sow-wen), the name of November 1 was Christianised by the tenth century abbot of Cluny, St Odile, to All Saints’ (or All Hallows’) Day, hence Halloween, the evening before ...

Today in the Book of Days has a huge amount of background information on Halloween.

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