Halloween

Halloween History

Began as Samhain (sow-in)

Celts 2,000 years ago

Ireland, United Kingdom, Northern France

Line between Summer/harvest and Winter (New Year)

ON this

Night before, line between living/dead blurred

Ghosts returned to damage crops and cause problems

Also had druids

High ranking officials

Religious, but also judges, historians, doctors and political advisors

Could read and write, but forbidden to write history

Romans and Greeks wrote about them