Holiday

History of Halloween

Posted by libby on October 21, 2011 at 4:06 pm

The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even (“evening”), that is, the night before All Hallows Day Carving of jack-o’-lanterns springs from the souling custom of carving turnips into lanterns as a way of remembering the souls held in purgatory The practice of dressing [...]