Halloween

For the Celts, 31st October was...

• a. the last day of the year.

• • b. a day to be with their families.

• • c. the day they celebrated their music festival.

That day, the villagers lit big bonfires...

• • a. to communicate with the spirits from the spirit world.

• • b. to attract ghosts.

• c. to send the ghosts back to their world.

All Saints Day...

• • a. appeared after the Catholic Church had eliminated Samhain (the Celtic celebration).

• b. was used to transform Samhain into a catholic celebration

• • c. was used to eliminate the belief in reincarnation.

When the Irish arrived in America, they...

• a. introduced Halloween there for the first time.

• b. changed the way Halloween was celebrated

• • c. invented some new traditions, such as bobbing the apple or playing tricks.

The children wore masks...

• a. to scare people.

• • b. to pretend they were ghosts.

• c. to hide their identity.

The neirhgbours gave candy to the youngsters...

• a. so that they didn't vandalise their houses.

• • b. in exchange for help with the cleaning.

• • c. because they were poor.