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media type="custom" key="20874514" October has arrived [|once] again, and just like they do every __#|year__ at this __#|time__, people's thoughts __#|turn__, just like the colors of the leaves, to Halloween -- and all the fun and spooky things that come with the holiday, such as carnivals, pumpkin-carving, haunted houses and trick-or-treating. But how much do you really know about Halloween, its history, or its various meaning in different cultures?

A History of Halloween

Very few __#|people__ would __#|think__ to associate Halloween with the Celtic culture of ancient Ireland, but that's exactly where the holiday has its origins. The Celtic celebration of Sanhain (pronounced sow-in) began 2,000 years ago as a way to celebrate the Celtic new year, which was on November 1.

The Celts believed that at the beginning of the new year, the lines between the living and the dead blurred. On October 31, they celebrated Sanhain, which they thought to be the day when the ghosts of the dead returned to earth, causing trouble and damaging crops. They also believed that these spirits __#|made__ it easier for the Druids, Celtic priests, to see into the future to the __#|rescue__ || p1-24 || i am ethis __#|book__ i wonder if __#|greg__ can __#|rescue__ the __#|cat__. || dogs || p1-20 || i __#|love__ dogs, i have 3. ‍‍‍ || glasses for __#|max__ || p1-16 || i wonder if __#|max__ __#|found__ his glasses. || the tiger || p1-16 || l wonder if the foxs pupps are going to get into trouble that there __#|parents__ got in || tine || p1-18 || it was __#|cool__ || and the dog || p1-24 || i __#|love__ it || Flats weekender'2 || p1-29 || I wonder wot the dog will __#|find__ || Flats weekender'2 || p29-41 || [|The dog find the little pigs aaaaaaaa] || Flats weekender'2 || p41- 55 || __#|run__ __#|run__ pigs || Flats weekender'2 || p55-61 ||  || maclary || p1-12 || the __#|cat__ __#|find__ the __#|ball__ || maclary || p12-22 || and __#|lost__ it __#|now__ || mom || p1-12 || they got mom hahahahahhahaha || Kate || p22 30 || wow that is coll cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool cool || Kate || p30-44 ||  || Possuns || p1-23 || yuk yuk yuk || of __#|gold__ || p1-16 || not __#|good __ || waterhole || p1-39 || silly monke you __#|made__ avey animal thike ther is a monstor in the watre || because it is fun because i get to dress up and i get lolleies
 * **__#|Date__** || **Title** || **pages __#|read__** || **Comments about the __#|book__** ||
 * 02/02/12 || EsioTrot || p1-18 || I am enjoying this __#|book__. I wonder if Mrs __#|Silver__ will figure out the trick that Mr Hoppy is __#|playing__ on her. ||
 * 8/05/12 || ‍‍‍big __#|greg__
 * 25/05/12 || the __#|great__
 * 28/05/12 || __#|new__
 * 29/05/12 || Tricking
 * 30/05/12 || max and
 * 31/05/12 || the __#|cat__
 * 5/06/12 || Footrot
 * 6/06/12 || Footrot
 * 7/06/12 || Footrot
 * 10/06\12 || Footrot
 * 11/06/12 || hairy
 * 12/06/12 || hairy
 * 13/06/12 || tricking
 * 14/06/12 || tom and kate || p1-12 || no tom don't do it aaaaaaaa ||
 * 15/06/12 || tom and kate || p12-22 || and he did it o nononononononono ||
 * 18/06/12 || tom and
 * 19/0612 || tom and
 * 20/06/12 || Too Many
 * 21/06/12 || Spider Webs || p1-25 || so stike ||
 * 22/06/12 || spider webs || p25-35 ||  ||
 * 23/06/12 || pesyk pup || p1-34 || __#|cool__ __#|book__ ||
 * 24/06/12 || panda's || p1-23 || wow __#|cool__ ||
 * 25/06/12 || a barrel
 * 8/08/12 || garfidal || p1-19 || garfidal is not a __#|good__ boy ||
 * 22/08/12 || the __#|best__ day || p1-22 || part of that is not the __#|best__ day ||
 * 20/09/12 || __#|look__ in the