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HALLOWEE
N IN
IRELAND
 HISTORY
The celebration of Halloween
began in Ireland around the
year 100 AD.

At that time Halloween was a

pagan festival that the Celts
celebrated with the name of
"Samhain", an old Gaelic word that
means "the end of the harvest.“

Traditionally the festival was the

time when ancient pagan Celts
stored supplies and slaughtered
livestock to prepare for winter. 
 HISTORY
The Celts believed that on the night of
Samhain (Halloween), the spirits of the
dead would revisit the world of mortals,
so they lit large bonfires to drive away
evil spirits,
and the only way they will not
take them with them it was by
looking like them that they put
on scary masks and costumes.

Irish immigrants brought versions of this tradition with them

to North America, where it became very popular.
 TRICK OR
TREAT
Is a traditional activity on Halloween.

In the evening 31 October, children dress in

costumes travel from house to house.

At each house they say trick or treat ?.

This means that they threaten to play a 'trick', or

joke, if the people in the house don't  give a candy
or money. 
  HALLOWEEN GAMES
Snap apple

How to: attach the apple to a string and hang from a

washing line. Each person takes turns to try to bite the
apple, with their hands behind their back.

The winner is the first person to finish

Prizes can be given not only to the

person who finishes first but who also
manages to get the first bite.
 Halloween Food
Barmbrack The traditional bread served on the night

Is a sweet fruit bread with sultanas

and raisins.

Contained various objects baked into the

bread and was used as a sort of fortune-
telling game.

In the barmbrack were: a pea, a stick, a

piece of cloth, a small coin and a ring.
Game rules of Barmbrack
If you find the
pea, the
Each member person would If you find the
of the family not marry that stick, would
must get a year. have an
slice unhappy
Game rules of marriage.
Barmbrack
Meanings If you find the
If you find the cloth or rag,
ring, would be would have
wed within the If you find the bad luck or be
year. coin, would poor.
enjoy good
fortune or be
rich
 COSTUMES WITH SCARY
SUITS

DREES UP
PUMPKIN

Ghoulish-faced,
candle-lit pumpkins
are a sure sign of the
Halloween season
THE STORY OF
Jack-o'-lantern
BUH!
THANKS