Long before Halloween’s jack-o-lanterns and trick-or-treating, the Celts celebrated Samhain (pronounced “Sow-in”), an ancient festival marking the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter. Celebrated from sunset on October 31 to sunset on November 1, Samhain is a time when the veil between the physical world and the spirit world was believed to be atContinue reading “Before Halloween There Was The Ancient Festival of Samhain”
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Irish Culture and Traditions 