Halloween History - Charles Dickens Institute 2022 (Jun&Sen)

The Christian celebration "All Saints Day" is celebrated on...

• October 31st

• November 1st

• November 2nd

Halloween is also known as...

• All Hallows Eve

• All Saints Eve

• All Saints Day

• All Hallows Day

Celtic believed that on October 31st...

• summer (life) ended and winter (death) season started.

• the world ended.

• winter (death) ended and summer (life) started.

This celebration was known by the Celts as...

• Halloween

• Samhein

• Souling

• Guising

Samhein means...

• summer's end

• summer's beginning

• summer's veil

It was believed that on this day...

• spirits and fairies crossed the veil over.

• people couldn't leave their houses.

• people died.

To scare away the bad spirits and honour the good ones, the Celts...

• dressed up as monsters and left food at their doorsteps.

• carved Jack o' Lanterns.

• did trick-or-treating.

Trick-or-Treating comes from...

• Souling, a Christian tradition.

• Guising, a Celtic tradition.

• both Souling and Guising thanks to Pope Gregory IV.

Halloween came to America because of...

• English immigrants.

• Irish immigrants.

• Scottish immigrants.

Irish people originally carved... to make Jack o' Lanterns.

• turnips and potatos

• pumpkins

• turnips