The origin of pumpkin Pumpkin comes from ancient Ireland. Legend has it that a man named JACK, is a drunkard and mischief. One day JACK tricked the devil on a tree, then carved a cross on the stump, threats to his cant down demons, then JACK and the devil itself in chapter three, let the demon promised to cast let JACK never crime for conditions to let him down the tree. After JACKs death, his soul but can neither go to heaven nor hell, so his undead had to rely on a small candle according to guide his wandering in between heaven and earth. In old Irish legend, this small candle is lying in a hollowed out turnip, called JACK LANTERNS, evolution and ancient turnip lamp to today, is a JACK - O - the Lantern pumpkin. Soon after the Irish people went to the United States is said to have found no matter from the source and pumpkin carving is than radish is better, then, is the pumpkin Halloween pet. Festival customs Halloween night was the most haunted time of the year, all kinds of monsters, pirates, alien visitors and witches are set off. Before the Christian era, the celtics at a ceremony in late summer thank god and the grace of the sun. At the time of Nostradamus lit and sorcery to ward off wandering around is said to be evil spirits and ghosts. The Romans later with nuts and apples to celebrate the harvest festival with the celtics on October 31. In the middle ages, people put on the animal model of clothes, put on scary masks to on Halloween drive away the ghost in the dark night. Although later Christian replaces the Celtic and Roman religion, the custom of the early still preserved. Children with serious psychological wear various costumes and masks for parties, Halloween these dance tend to hang on the wall around the paper covering the witches, black cats, ghosts and skeletons, window and the door hanging rictus or repulsive-looking pumpkin lanterns. Halloween, the children will carry the jack-o-lantern, dress in all sorts of strange and went door-to-door to collect candy, keeps saying: was catnip or treat. (meaning is to give not to give, not to make trouble) if you refuse to give candy, the kids will be very angry, in various ways to punish you, such as: pour the waste in your home, and so on way to punish you, until you give them candy. Halloween is the most popular game bite the apple. Game, people let apple floating in a bowl full of water, and then let the children in need not hand conditions with the mouth bite apple, who first bite, who is the winner.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:42:11 +0000
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