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Halloween History Jack O'Lantern
1. Who started the custom of putting Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens?
The Irish started it.
2. Which vegetables were originally used for Jack O'Lanterns?
A hollowed-out turnip.
3. Why are the vegetable lanterns called Jack O'Lanterns?
Because Jack was the first person who made a vegetable lantern.
4. Why did people place Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens on October 31?
To ward evil spirits.
Trick or Treat
1. What is "Trick or Treat?"
Children dress up in scary costumes, go from house to house and frighten neighbours shouting: " Trick or treat!" and the people offer apples, sweets and money to the costumed visitors.
2. How did "Trick or Treat" begin?
Some sources say the history of "Trick'O'Treating" goes back to the celebrations of All Soul's Day in Britain. In former times the poor went begging on that day and the housewives gave them special treats called "soulcakes". In return the beggars promised to say a prayer for the dead so that their souls would rest in heaven and not come back to trouble the living.
3. Why did people wear costumes at Halloween?
Previously people went out after dark they often wore masks and animal skins in order not to be recognized by the spirits and has now become an habit.
Halloween Around the World Today Halloween Today
1. Where do they play games called "snap'apple" and "knock-a-dolly"? Describe the games.
Snap apple is a game where an apple is dangled from a string . The arms are tied behind the back and people bite at the apple. The first person who bites into the coin inside the apple wins.
To knock on somebody door and run away in hope of getting a chase from the occupiers a common pastime among younger kids.
2. What do children in Scotland have to do to get a treat?
The same way as they do every where else based on the idea of doing tricks to get treats.
3. Where do they have horse races on All Saints' Day? Describe another Halloween custom typical of that country.
Florencia.
Izaskun i Clàudia
Jack O'Lantern
1-In the 1800's the first Irish emigrated to America and took the tradition with them.
2- Turnips, potatoes or beets.
3-Because when the Jack had to wander about forever in the darkness between heaven and hell. The devil threw a glowing piece of coal from the flames of hell at him. Jack placed the coal in a hollowed-out turnip, lighting his way with this turnip.
4-Because they want to ward off these evil spirits that returned to earth to cause trouble and damage crops.
Trick or Treat
1-Is when the children dress up in scary costumes, go from house to house and frighten neighbours shouting: " Trick or treat!" And this people offer apples, sweets and money to the costumed visitors.
2- In former times the poor went begging on that day and the housewives gave them special treats called "soulcakes". In return the beggars promised to say a prayer for the dead so that their souls would rest in heaven and not come back to trouble the living.
3-Bacause they believed there were ghosts and evil spirits outside, so they wear costumes in order not to be recognized by the spirits.
Halloween Today
1-Snap apple is a game where an apple is dangled from a string . The arms are tied behind the back and people bite at the apple. The first person who bites into the coin inside the apple wins. It is an ordeal by fire when the hanging stick has a lit candle tied to it.
Xingpeng Qiu i Pau Moncusí 1r BAT B
1- The Irish
2- A hollowed-out turnip
3- Because Jack was the first person who made a vegetable lantern
4- To ward evil spirits
Trick or treat
1- Children dress up in scary costumes, go from house to house and frighten neighbours
shouting: " Trick or treat!" and the people offer apples, sweets and money to the costumed visitors.
2- Some sources say the history of "Trick'O'Treating" goes back to the celebrations of All Soul's Day in Britain. In former times the poor went begging on that day and the housewives gave them special treats called "soulcakes". In return the beggars promised to say a prayer for the dead so that their souls would rest in heaven and not come back to trouble the living.
3-Previously people went out after dark they often wore masks and animal skins in order not to be recognized by the spirits and has now become an habit.
Halloween Around the World Today Halloween Today
1. Where do they play games called "snap'apple" and "knock-a-dolly"? Describe the games.
Snap apple is a game where an apple is dangled from a string . The arms are tied behind the back and people bite at the apple. The first person who bites into the coin inside the apple wins.
To knock on somebody door and run away in hope of getting a chase from the occupiers a common pastime among younger kids.
2. What do children in Scotland have to do to get a treat?
The same way as they do every where else based on the idea of doing tricks to get treats.
3. Where do they have horse races on All Saints' Day? Describe another Halloween custom typical of that country.
Florencia.
by Jaume Vicheto
1. Who started the custom of putting Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens?
- The irish people.
2. Which vegetables were originally used for Jack O'Lanterns?
- Turnies potatoes or beets.
3. Why are the vegetable lanterns called Jack O'Lanterns?
- Because Jack was the first person who made a vegetable lantern.
4. Why did people place Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens on October 31?
- To ward off the dead's spirits - including
Stingy Jack
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Trick or Treat
1. What is "Trick or Treat?"
Children dress up in scary costumes, go from house to house and frighten neighbours shouting: " Trick or treat!" and the people offer apples, sweets and money to the costumed visitors.
2. How did "Trick or Treat" begin?
Some sources say the history of "Trick'O'Treating" goes back to the celebrations of All Soul's Day in Britain. In former times the poor went begging on that day and the housewives gave them special treats called "soulcakes". In return the beggars promised to say a prayer for the dead so that their souls would rest in heaven and not come back to trouble the living.
3. Why did people wear costumes at Halloween?
Previously people went out after dark they often wore masks and animal skins in order not to be recognized by the spirits and has now become an habit.
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Halloween Around the World Today Halloween Today
1. Where do they play games called "snap'apple" and "knock-a-dolly"? Describe the games.
Snap apple is a game where an apple is dangled from a string . The arms are tied behind the back and people bite at the apple. The first person who bites into the coin inside the apple wins.
To knock on somebody door and run away in hope of getting a chase from the occupiers a common pastime among younger kids.
2. What do children in Scotland have to do to get a treat?
The same way as they do every where else based on the idea of doing tricks to get treats.
3. Where do they have horse races on All Saints' Day? Describe another Halloween custom typical of that country.
Florencia.
quim vilafranca molero
wrote for Albert Poy and Guillem Sirolla
1. Who started the custom of putting Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens?
-Celtic Ireland (Irish)
2. Which vegetables were originally used for Jack O'Lanterns?
-Turnips, potatoes or beets
3. Why are the vegetable lanterns called Jack O'Lanterns?
-Because Jack was the first person who made a vegetable lantern
4.Why did people place Jack O'Lanterns in windows and gardens on October 31?
-To ward off the dead's spirits- including Stingy Jack
To ward evil spirits.
Trick or Treat
1. What is "Trick or Treat?"
The children go from house to house and frighten neighbours shouting: " Trick or treat!" and the people offer apples, sweets and money to the costumed visitors.
2. How did "Trick or Treat" begin?
Some sources say the history of "Trick'O'Treating" goes back to the celebrations of All Soul's Day in Britain. In former times the poor went begging on that day and the housewives gave them special treats called "soulcakes". In return the beggars promised to say a prayer for the dead so that their souls would rest in heaven and not come back to trouble the living.
Carla Sanromà i Maria Gené
Halloween History:
Jack O'Lantern
1)The Irish
2)Coals
3)Because it was Jack who invented these lanterns
4)Because they believed that these lanterns ward off the evil spirits, including Stingy Jack
Trick or Treat:
1)It means that you can make a joke (trick) or a pact (treat)
2)There are many stories about how it might have begun: people hoped the demons would not play tricks on them if they gave them a treat.
Some sources say the history goes back to the celebrations of All Soul's Day in Britain. In former times the poor went begging on that day and the housewives gave them special treats called "soulcakes".
3)Because they don't want to berecognized by the spirits.
1- A man who liked to play tricks on his family, friends and even the devil.
2- turnips, potatoes or beets
3- Because of this legend says that Stingy Jack - Jack of the Lantern - has been wandering around the earth without a resting place, lighting his way with his turnip.
4- Because they believed that on the night before - All Hallow's Eve - the ghosts of the dead and evil spirits returned to earth to cause trouble and damage crops. To ward off these evil spirits - including Stingy Jack - the Irish began the custom to place vegetable lanterns with scary faces into windows and gardens.
Trick or treat
1- trick and treat it means: Truco o trato
2- The history of "Trick'O'Treating" goes back to the celebrations of All Soul's Day in Britain. In former times the poor went begging on that day and the housewives gave them special treats called "soulcakes". In return the beggars promised to say a prayer for the dead so that their souls would rest in heaven and not come back to trouble the living.
3- Because people believed there were ghosts and evil spirits outside. When people went out after dark they often wore masks and animal skins in order not to be recognized by the spirits
Halloween Today
1. Snap'apple" in Ireland.
It consist in put an apple on a string that is tied to a doorframe or tree, and players attempt to take a bite out of the suspended apple.
Knockadolly in ireland
A kids game whereby you ring some randomers doorbell and when they're just about to answer it, you run off. Other parts of the country call it Knicknack.
LLUISA, MAR MIREIA
Jack O'Lantern
1. The celts.
2. the turnips.
3. because was Stingy Jack who started to made vegetable lanterns.
4. To ward off the dead's spirits- including Stingy Jack
Trick or treat
1.it's a costume where children dress up in scary costumes, go from house to house and frighten neighbours shouting: " Trick or treat!" The people offer apples, sweets and money to the costumed visitors
2. because in tha past the people felt scary in autumn and winter. They believed there were ghosts and evil spirits outside.
3. When people went out after dark they often wore masks and animal skins in order not to be recognized by the spirits.
Halloween today
1. in Ireland
"snap-apple," in which an apple on a string is tied to a doorframe or tree, and players attempt to take a bite out of the suspended apple.
"knock-a-dolly," where children knock on the doors of their neighbors but then run away before the door is opened.
2. In Scotland the children cut scary faces into hollowed-out turnips, large rutabagas, or potatoes and inside of them they place a candle inside.
3. in Guatemala
Maria Font de Rubinat
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