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The month is amber,
Gold and brown.
Blue ghosts of
smoke
Float through the town.
Great V’s of geese
Honk overhead,
And
maples turn
A fiery red.
Frost bites the lawn,
The stars are slits
In a black cat’s eye
Before she spits.
At last, small witches,
Goblins, hags,
And pirates armed
With paper bags.
Their costumes hinged
On safety pins,
Go haunt a night
Of pumpkin grins.
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Halloween is an annual holiday observed on October
31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of
Samhain and the Christian holiday All Saints' Day, but is today largely a secular
celebration.
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The ancient Celts believed that the border between
this world and the Otherworld became thin on this
day, allowing spirits (both harmless and harmful) to pass through. The family's ancestors were honoured and invited home while harmful spirits were warded off.
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No sun, no light,
Not even a spark,
The
whole world
Is completely dark.
The clock strikes twelve,
You
hear it chime,
Not one single person
Is awake at this time.
No other color
Than black is to see.
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You notice a monster,
During the day it’s
a tree.
Though there’s no wind,
You can smell the
crisp air.
The shapes you see,
Are the creeps of your nightmare.
No sun, no lamp,
Not a single light.
So dark, so black,
In the middle of the night.
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Halloween costumes are traditionally those of monsters such
as ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. They are said
to be used to scare off demons. Costumes are also based on themes other than traditional horror, such as those of characters from television shows, movies, and other pop culture icons.
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Long ago people believed in ghosts. They thought
that the dead came back to their homes on
Halloween and walked around all night.
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There's a house upon the hilltop
We will not
go inside
For that is where the witches live,
Where ghosts
and goblins hide.
Tonight they have their party,
All the lights are burning bright,
But oh we will not go inside
The haunted house tonight.
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The demons there are whirling
And the spirits swirl
about.
They sing their songs to Halloween.
"Come join the fun,"
they shout.
But we do not want to go there
So we run with all our might
And oh we will not go inside
The haunted house tonight.
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Witches flying past on broomsticks,
Black cats leaping here
and there,
White-robed spooks on every corner,
Mournful moaning in the
air,
Goblins peering out of windows,
Spirit-things that rap and run-
But don't be scared-it's just October,
Having one last hour of fun!
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Ding, dang, dong!
Crackle a little song!
Use your bones
As xylophones
One went crack, what’s wrong?
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It was a black and gloomy night
And not
a star was in sight
The moon shone brightly in
the sky
When suddenly I heard a cry.
I ran past the gravestones, covered in moss.
This graveyard was haunted,
The shriek meant a loss.
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I needed to save whoever screamed.
Since there’s a
ghost
that eats brains, so it seemed.
I kept on
running
Till I’d seen the case.
My scared friend Patrick had tripped on his lace.
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"Will you walk into my parlor?"
said the spider
to the fly;
“It is the prettiest little parlor that
you ever did spy.
The way into my parlor is up a winding stair,
And I have many curious things
to show when you are there."
"Oh no, no!" said the little fly,
"to ask me is in vain;
For who goes up your winding stair
can never come down again."
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Witches have had a long history with Halloween.
Legends tell of witches gathering on this night, arriving
on broomsticks, to celebrate a party hosted by the devil. Superstitions tell of witches casting spells on unsuspecting people, transform themselves into different forms and causing other
magical mischief.
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The sky is dark,
The stars are blue,
The
witches are making
Their witches’ brew.
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The Witches Caldron
"Eye of newt, and toe of
frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog"
"Adder's fork, and
blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing"
"For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and babble"
"Double, double, toil and trouble,
Fire burn, and caldron bubble"
William Shakespeare
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The black cat has long been associated with
witches. Many superstitions have evolved about cats. It was
believed that witches could change into cats. Some people also believed that cats were the spirits of the dead.
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One of the best known superstitions is that
if a black cat was to cross your path
you would have to turn around and go back because many people believe if you continued bad luck would strike you.
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Celtic priests called Druids celebrated Halloween many centuries
ago in Ireland and Scotland. The Druids thought that
Halloween was the night when the witches came out. As they were afraid of the witches they put on different clothes and painted their faces to deceive the evil spirits. They also placed food and small gifts near the doors of their houses for the witches.
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The old Celtic custom was to light great
bonfires on Halloween, and after these had burned out
to make a circle of the ashes of each fire. Within this circle, and near the circumference, each member of the various families that had helped to make a fire would place a pebble. If, on the next day, any stone was displaced, or had been damaged, it was considered to be an indication that the one to whom the stone belonged would die within twelve months.
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Jack-o-lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles
in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts
on the Samhain holiday. Some of them have scary and some have funny faces.
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According to folklore, the jack-o-lantern got his name
from a man named Jack who used to play
practical jokes on the devil and was punished for it.
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Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on
Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house,
asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, "Trick or treat?" The word "trick" refers to a (mostly idle) "threat" to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given. Sometimes children perform some sort of trick, i.e. sings a song or tells a ghost story, to earn their treats.
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In masks and gowns
we haunt the street
And
knock on doors
for trick or treat.
Tonight we are
the king
and queen,
For all tonight is …
Menu
Halloween Witches Brew
Chocolate Spiders
Gingerbread Ghosts
Scary Faced Pizzas
Halloween Mix
Coco
Lanterns
Vampire Punch
Witches Fingers
Night Crawlers
Candied Apples
Pumpkin Chips
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Fortunetelling
Apples were
once thought to be a link between men and
the Gods and were often used to tell the future. By putting an apple under your pillow you could dream a wish and eat the apple in the morning. Later people began to use apples in games.
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A burning a candle inside a jack-o-lantern on
Halloween keeps evil spirits and demons at bay.
If a
candle suddenly goes out by itself on Halloween, as though by breath or wind, it is believed that a ghost has come to call. Always burn new candles on Halloween to ensure the best of luck.
It is not a good idea to burn Halloween candles at any other time of the year. It may bring bad luck or strange things will happen to you, over which you will have no control.
Superstitions
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Gazing into a flame of a candle on
Halloween night will enable you to peer into the
future.
Girls who carry a lamp to a spring of water on this night can see their future husband in the reflection.
It is believed that if a person lights a new orange colored candle at midnight on Halloween and lets it burn until sunrise, he or she will be the recipient of good luck.
Superstitions
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If you hear footsteps trailing close behind you
on Halloween night, do not to turn around to
see who it is, for it may be Death himself! To look Death in the eye, according to ancient folklore, is a sure way to hasten your own demise.
If a bat flies around a house three times, it is considered to be a death omen.
A person born on Halloween can both see and talk to spirits.
Superstitions
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If you see a spider on Halloween, it
could be the spirit of a dead loved one
who is watching you.
Put your clothes on inside out and walk backwards on Halloween night to meet a witch.
You should walk around your home three times backwards and counterclockwise before sunset on Halloween to ward off evil spirits.
Superstitions
