alloween

Halloween is a holiday that is

annually celebrated in the UK
on October 31. On this day,
the British are going in the
merry maskers company. The
most popular costumes are
skeletons, ghosts, witches and
other scary images. Most of
all this holiday happy
children, because for them
this is a great opportunity to
dress up in unusual costumes
 The British tradition of
celebrating Halloween
1.Celtic Day of the dead: Some
historians believe that the modern
Halloween continuation of the Celtic
holiday called Samhain. Very little is
known about this ancient pagan
festival, but it is believed that he was
dedicated to the end of the harvest and
honoring the spirits of ancestors . The
line between the worlds of the living
and the dead was especially thin at that
time of the year, and the souls of dead
relatives could return home to share a
2.All saints day: in the 7th century
was established the Christian
tradition of celebrating All Saints
Day. In the UK this day was
celebrated in one day with the
Celtic Samhain. So, perhaps it was
a way to replace the pagan holiday
of the Christian. Since the UK
became a Christian country, pagan
faith came to be seen as
superstition. But the gods and
goddesses of the past are not
forgotten, they turned into ghosts
and fairies.
3.The costumes. The tradition
of wearing costumes on
Halloween existed in Celtic
times, as an attempt to hide
from evil spirits. This tradition
died with the ancient pagans,
but suddenly revived in the
twentieth century. Carnival
disguise favorite entertainment
on Halloween.
4.Night of mischief. Jokes,
pranks, funny pranks - that's
the main concern of the British
5.Pies soul. The predecessor of
modern children's hikes for
sweets, it was the custom to treat
on Halloween going door-to-door
Traditional English biscuits for
Halloween children and beggars
pies. It was believed that whoever
took the cake will be all night to
pray for the souls of the dead. This
raised the ancient practice of
eating with the dead. In more
recent times, people don't leave
food on the threshold for the
dearly deceased grandma, and
instead prayed for her so that she
could leave purgatory. In our time
6.Cut turnip. Cut pumpkin in the face,
and the burning inside her candle -
classic Halloween. The idea is to scare
away evil spirits from the house.
7.The prediction. Believe it or not, but
the game in the Apple on a string found
roots in Celtic magic. In 1902, a British
author wrote specific superstition: the
winner who managed to bite an Apple on
a string, had to clear it, trying to cut off
the skin in one long strip, three times,
wrap it around the head and then throw
her over his shoulder. If done correctly,
the skin will then fall to earth in the form
of the first letter of the name of his true
To celebrate Halloween, the British are
prepared in advance, gather with
friends, pick up interesting costumes,
prepare drawings and, finally, on the
night of 31 October holiday out on the
streets of towns and villages in the UK.
In addition to the total for the whole
country, some of them are special,
peculiar only to this area of Britain,
customs and beliefs.