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2006-11-06 05:51:22 · 7 answers · asked by matt m 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
Halloween originated as a Pagan festival among the Celts of Ireland and Great Britain with Irish, Scots, Welsh and other immigrants transporting versions of the tradition to North America in the 19th century. Most other Western countries have embraced Halloween as a part of American pop culture in the late 20th century.
Halloween is celebrated in most parts of the Western world, most commonly in the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland, and with increasing popularity in Australia and New Zealand, as well as the Philippines. In recent years, Halloween has also been celebrated in parts of Western Europe, such as Belgium, France and Spain.
The term Halloween, and its older spelling Hallowe'en, is shortened from All-hallow-even, as it is the evening before "All Hallows' Day"[1] (also known as "All Saints' Day"). The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Popes Gregory III and Gregory IV moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day from May 13 to November 1. In Ireland, the name was All Hallows' Eve (often shortened to Hallow Eve), and though seldom used today, it is still a well-accepted label. The festival is also known as Samhain or Oíche Shamhna to the Irish, Calan Gaeaf to the Welsh, Allantide to the Cornish and Hop-tu-Naa to the Manx. Halloween is also called Pooky Night in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit.
2006-11-06 06:22:00 · answer #1 · answered by mystic red knight 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All Hallows' Evening
Hallows' Evening
Hallow Evenin'
Hallow E'en
Halloween
2006-11-06 05:54:02 · answer #2 · answered by dana_osmundson 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The word Halloween comes from Halloween
2006-11-06 05:59:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
All Hallows Eve, an old holiday celebrated in Britain where people pray for dead saints. Pumpkins -jack-o-lanterns- were used to ward off evil spirits as were costumes
2006-11-06 06:01:16 · answer #4 · answered by utuseclocal483 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'All Hallows Eve,' the day before All Saints Day, where evil spirits used to be 'cast out' of the church.
2006-11-06 05:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by lady_s_hazy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it comes from "all hallows eve" hallows is an old fashion way of saying saint, so it's the day before all saint's day.
2006-11-08 00:57:34 · answer #6 · answered by Melody M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-16 23:12:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋