Halloween

What is the meaning of the word 'Halloween'?

• Hallowed evening
  (All Saints' Day)

• Spooky night

• Ghost festival

• Dark winter

When did the Celtic people celebrate the new year?

• 31st October

• 1st November

• End of summer

• Beginning of winter

What did the Celts think would happen the night before the new year?

• Ghosts would come to the world of the living

• They would wear costumes

• They would light bonfires

• They would make predictions about the future

What did the Celts do to protect themselves from ghosts?

• Wear scary costumes

• Light bonfires

• Carve faces on turnips

• Make predictions about the future

What did the Celtic priests do on Halloween?

• Carve faces on turnips

• Light bonfires

• Make predictions about the future

• Wear costumes

When Irish immigrants moved to the U.S., they began carving jack-o'-lanterns from ______

In Ireland, people started to carve faces out of ____

Who celebrated Halloween first?

• Celts
• Egyptians
• Greeks
• Romans

How many years ago did Halloween start?

• over 100 years ago
• over 2,000 years ago
• over 500 years ago
• over 1,000 years ago

The night of 31st October when it was believed in the past that dead people appeared from their graves