onfires.
The custom of telling ghost stories on Halloween also comes from the Druids.
As Christianity replaced the pagan religions, the church set aside November 1st to honor all saints (all-hallows) and called it All Hallows Day. The evening before October 31st, became All Hallows Even -- later shortened to Halloween.
(Плакат: All Hallows Even Halloween).
Ученик 2 продолжает рассказ об истории праздник.
2. History of the holiday:
Halloween was first celebrated many centuries ago in Ireland and Scotland by Celtic priests called Druids. (Рисунок 2). Later Halloween was brought to America by the immigrants from Ireland and Scotland. In the 19th century they celebrated Halloween according to their own traditions The Druids thought that Halloween was the night when the witches came out. As they were afraid of the witches they put on different clothes and painted their faces to deceive the evil spirits. They also placed food and small gifts near the doors of their houses for the witches. This was, as they say now, the beginning of the expression "trick or treat ".
As time went by, grown-up people lost interest in Halloween, and it was celebrated mostly by children. Dressed very strangely, children held festivals. During their carnival and after it, groups of children visited houses and asked for candies. "Trick or treat! Trick or treat!" was heard everywhere.
In recent years, grown-up people have begun taking part in Halloween. In New York, for example, young and old take part in parades together. On the 31st of October, long before the time when the carnival procession begins tomove, a great number of people get together in one of the streets. They aredressed as witches or demons. There are hundreds of large "p
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