Even though we’re a bit early, why not chat about that fun holiday that will soon be hitting the stores – Halloween. Otherwise known in Ireland and to many pagan centric faiths as Samhain. In fact despite the ghoulish costumes, Jack O' Lanterns and loads of candy, this holiday has more folkloric roots. Known as the feast of the departed or festivity of the dead, this holiday celebrated those that have passed on similar to the Dia de los Muertos in Hispanic culture.
The Celts celebrated this holiday as the beginning of the new year, celebrating the incoming dark stillness that the beginning winter months bring, and with it early development and the rousing of the sow below the soil.
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