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1. The Following Games Are Practiced at Halloween (continued)

   

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   he saw a man dressed in white and laughed at him. It was said that the true ghost came and killed the brother.

   

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2. Halloween Customs

   “Two thousand years ago, when the land was still pagan, this was supposed to be the night when the dead, especially the evil and the wicked, were called back by the god of death.”

   

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   Two thousand years ago, when the land was still pagan, this was supposed to be the night when the dead, especially the evil and the wicked, were called back by the God of death. Then, as that belief grew older people spoke of fairies and mingled it with a harvest feast, when nuts and apples were eaten. Later still when the era of Christianity dawned, Oidhche Samhna became Halloween

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   Topics

   1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
         1. Halloween (~934)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maeve Turbitt

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Termon, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Mr Scanlon

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Boyle, Co. Roscommon