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halloween

halloween. THE ORIGIN OF HALLOWEEN: JACK O'LANTERN.

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  1. halloween

  2. THE ORIGIN OF HALLOWEEN: JACK O'LANTERN • Jack O'lantern was a miserable, old drunk who liked to play tricks on everyone.One day, he tricked the Devil into climbing up an apple tree.Once the Devil climbed up the apple tree, Jack hurriedly placed crosses around the trunk of the tree.The Devil was then unable to get down the tree.Jack made the Devil promise him not to take his soul when he died and the Devil promised it. • Many years later, when Jack died,he won't go to the Heaven because he was too bad.And then went down to Hell the Devil kept his promise and would not allow him to enter Hell.Jack was scared because he hasn't where to go and he had wander about forever in the darkness between heaven and hell. The Devil tossed him an ember from the flames of Hell to help him light his way. Jack placed the ember in a hollowed out Turnip, one of his favorite foods which he always carried around with him.For that day onward, Stingy Jack roamed the earth without a resting place, lighting his way as he went with his "Jack O'Lantern". • On all Hallow's eve, the Irish hollowed out Turnips, rutabagas, gourds, potatoes and beets. They placed a light in them to ward off evil spirits and keep Stingy Jack away.

  3. TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS: • The word itself, "Halloween," actually has its origins in the Catholic Church.The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840's by Irish immigrants fleeing their country's potato famine. • The custom of trick-or-treat was originated by early Christians would walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes," made out of square pieces of bread with currants. • The Irish used turnips as their "Jack's lanterns" originally. But when the immigrants came to America, they found that pumpkins were far more plentiful than turnips. So the Jack-O-Lantern in America was a hollowed-out pumpkin, lit with an ember.

  4. SUPERSTIONS, SYMBOLS AND VOCABULARY: • Symbols:The symbols are ghosts,scarecrows,pumpinks,corn husks,vampires,Frankenstein and mummy.Halloween imagery includes themes of death, evil, the occult, or mythical monsters. Black and orange are the holiday's traditional colors. • Superstions:If the flame of a candle changes the classic yellow-red to yellow-blue means a ghost is with us. If the above happens the best way to banish the ghost or soul is playing some kind of bell or chime.Keeping pets away to help keep these ghosts.The type of candles you buy for Halloween date should not be used at any other time during the year as it brings bad luck.If someone gives birth on Halloween night, the newborn can see and communicate with spirits.

  5. Vocabulary: Zombie: a spell or supernatural force that, according to voodoo belief and legend, can enter a corpse, return life to it, and then control its actions. Potion: a mixture for drinking, esp. one that is supposed to have medicinal, magical, or poisonous effects. Mask: a covering for all or part of the face, usu. worn to disguise the wearer's identity. Monster: an imaginary or mythical creature, often with features of two different animals or of animals and humans. chucky(monster)potionmaskzombie

  6. REALLY SCARY STORIES: Urban Legend: Chanting "Bloody Mary!" thirteen times in front of a candlelit mirror in an otherwise dark room will summon her vengeful spirit. The Story: Go into a room with a mirror and turn all the lights off. Bathrooms seem to be perfect for this since they almost always have a mirror and are usually dark at night with the lights off and the door closed. Light a candle, look into the mirror, start chanting "Bloody Mary" . You have to do this 13 times, of course. You should see Bloody Mary behind your left shoulder after the thirteenth time. Beware, she has been reported to 1.) Kill the person calling her, 2.) Scratch their eyes out, 3.) Drive the person mad or 4.) pull the person into the mirror with her. This is an old legend, it has been around for ages. A folklorist, Janet Langlois, published an essay on the legend back in 1978. At that time, the legend was wide spread across the USA and a popular slumber party ritual done by girls as well as boys. No one knows the true origins of the Bloody Mary tale, she's been known to be anything from a witch that was killed for practicing witchcraft to a modern day woman killed in a car crash, depending on what part of the country you live in. It was made popular again in the film Urban Legends in 1999.

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