My History Project

• Celts celebrated a festival called Samhain (pronounced “sah-win”), the end of the harvest (season) (Oct. 31st) 
• October 31st was Celts new year and was the one day (or magical time) when ghosts walked the earth
• The Celts would make a big bonfire to make the ghosts go back to the spirit world
• Halloween came to America in the 1840's with the Irish (increase is Irish immigration because of the potato famine
• They shared bobbing for apples and playing tricks and shared that with America
• Tricks turned into vandalism. To stop the vandalism, children were encouraged to go to the neighbors front door and ask for candy instead. 

• Masks were used to hide kid's faces for when they went to trick people
• It's different from the day of the dead- Halloween has candy and people are fearful of the dead. Day of Dead celebrates the dead and welcomes the dead back into their home. 
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