Halloween

October 31st - HALLOWEEN 

Did you know that...

• Halloween was first celebrated in Ireland and Scotland and was called Samhain. It marked the end of summer.

• The first Jack O'Lanterns were made with turnips (there were no pumpkins in Ireland).

• The fear of Halloween is called "SAMHAINOPHOBIA".

• Orange and black are Halloween colours because orange is associated with autumn, and black represents darkness and death.

• The owl is a popular Halloween symbol. In medieval Europe, owls were thought to be witches coming to announce someone was about to die.

• Pumpkins classify as a fruit, not a vegetable. The world record for the heaviest pumpkin weighs at 1.226 kg.

• In the past, people were scared of evil spirits during Halloween. They would dress up in costumes and make noise in the streets to make spirits go away.