11/25/2008
11/02/2008
Halloween tradition on U.S.A
In medieval times, one popular All Souls' Day practice was to make "soul cakes," simple bread desserts with a currant topping. In a custom called "souling," children would go door-to-door begging for the cakes, much like modern trick-or-treaters. For every cake a child collected, he or she would have to say a prayer for the dead relatives of the person who gave the cake. These prayers would help the relatives find their way out of purgatory and into heaven. The children even sang a soul cake song along the lines of the modern "Trick-or-treat, trick-or-treat, give me something good to eat." One version of the song went:
A soul cake!
A soul cake!
Have mercy on all Christian souls, for
A soul cake!
Today, for children, dressing up and trick-or-treating door-to-door is still the main event. Most households in the United States participate. Many adults dress up themselves, to go out with their children or to attend costume parties and contests.
Halloween continues to be extremely popular with kids of all ages; 85 to 90 percent of U.S. children go trick-or-treating or engage in other Halloween festivities every year, and many adults also join in on the fun.
on: http://people.howstuffworks.com/halloween7.htm
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A soul cake!
A soul cake!
Have mercy on all Christian souls, for
A soul cake!
Today, for children, dressing up and trick-or-treating door-to-door is still the main event. Most households in the United States participate. Many adults dress up themselves, to go out with their children or to attend costume parties and contests.
Halloween continues to be extremely popular with kids of all ages; 85 to 90 percent of U.S. children go trick-or-treating or engage in other Halloween festivities every year, and many adults also join in on the fun.
on: http://people.howstuffworks.com/halloween7.htm
Picture:http://www.flickr.com/photos
10/31/2008
Halloween in Australia
In Australia people celebrate Guy Fawkes Eve as the day for Halloween or as it is also known Mischief Night or Danger Night.
On this night it is a day for children to create mischief by doing tricks or getting a treat.
It is not widely done in Australia as it is in America and elsewhere, in fact most children in Australia celebrate it as dance at their schools or in other activities. Not as a day to create lawless or other mischief.
Traditional australian Halloween song
Waltzing Matilda
Waltzing Matilda (Carrying a Swag)
Oh! there once was a swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a Coolabah tree;
And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling,
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matida with me?
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling,
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Waltzing Matilda and leading a water bag
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water-hole,
Up Jumped the swagman and grabbed him in gee;
And he sang ashe stowed him away in his tucker-bag,"
You'll come a-waltzing Mailda with me."
Down came the Squatter a-riding his thoroughbred;
Down came Policeman - one, two and three."
Whose is the jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."
But the swagman, he up and he jumped in the water-hole,
Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree;
And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the Billabong
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"
A. B. (Banjo) Paterson
Traditional Australian Halloween Recipe
Ingredients:
1 piece of lamb, beef, turkey or even chicken.
1/2 pumpkinpotatoescarrots other vegetables whatever you desire
Procedure:
1. Skin the pumpkin and cut into bite size pieces.
2. Cook the pumpkin and the vegetables in the meat juices for about 1 hour then remove them from the juices and cook them for a further 1 hour in their own juices until dried out.
3. Serve with a roast of whatever meat you desire.
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10/30/2008
Halloween in United Kingdom
Halloween is one of the oldeste celebrations in the world. Is always celebrated on 31st October.Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting haunted attractions, carving jack-o'-lanterns, reading scary stories, and watching horror movies.
Celebrating UK Halloween is a fun filled adventure with great costumes, decorations and lots of fun. The UK Halloween is the most creative of holidays, where people make their costumes and head out for fun and competition. The children get candy during the UK Halloween celebration.
Traditional festivals in United Kingdom:
In UK there is a traditional festival called Mischief Night.During the celebratin children knock on doors, demanding a treat( Trick or Treat)and people disguise themselves as witches,ghosts,pumpkins and spiders in order to obtain food and money.
Bobbing for apples is a well-established associated with Halloween. In the game, attempts are made with one's mouth only to catch an apple placed in a water-filled barrel. Once an apple is caught, it is sometimes peeled and tossed over the shoulder in the hope that the strips would fall into the shape of a letter, which would be the first initial of the participant's true love.
Other traditions include apple-bobbing and making toffee-apples and apple tarts.
In the old days people lit bonfires, to scared away evil spirits.They believed that light had power over darkness.
Today, people light candles in pumpkin lanterns and then put them outside their homes to frighten away witches and ghosts.
Sources:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Halloween/why.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
10/25/2008
Halloween Origin - Let's Look at a trailer...
Halloween
From: indezine_powerpoint, 6 months ago
http://www.indezine.com/bank/events/halloween.html -- Download the presentation
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10/21/2008
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We think that Ireland is a great country!! We loved the puppet!!!!
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