#1 Most people
believe 31 October is an ancient pagan festival associated with the
supernatural. In fact, it has religious connotations – although there
is disagreement among historians about when it begun. Some say Hallowtide was
introduced as All Saints’ Day in the 7th century AD by Pope Boniface IV, while
others maintain it was created in the 9th century AD by Christians to
commemorate their martyrs and saints. In medieval Britain, ‘Halloween’ was the
eve of the Catholic festival All Saints or All-Hallows (from Old English ‘Holy
Man’) on 1 November, and was followed by the feast of All Souls on 2 November.
#3 Much of the
modern supernatural lore surrounding Halloween was invented as recently as the
19th century. Scots and Irish
settlers brought the custom of Mischief Night visiting to North America, where
it became known as ‘Trick or Treat’. Until the revival of interest in
Halloween during the 1970s, this American tradition was largely unknown in
England. The importation of ‘Trick or Treat’ into parts of England during the
1980s was helped by scenes in American TV programmes and the 1982 film E.T.
Read about all 10 things at -- http://www.historyextra.com/feature/weird-and-wonderful/10-things-you-didn%E2%80%99t-know-about-history-and-mystery-halloween
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