Trick-or-treating 3 - training post

Trick-or-treating 3 - training post

Trick-or-treating 3 - training post

In Scotland and Ireland, guising – children disguised in costume going from door to door for food or coins – is a traditional Halloween custom, and is recorded in Scotland at Halloween in 1895 where masqueraders in disguise carrying lanterns made out of scooped out turnips, visit homes to be rewarded with cakes, fruit, and money.[131][150] The practice of guising at Halloween in North America is first recorded in 1911, where a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada reported children going "guising" around the neighborhood.[151]

Trick-or-treating part 2 - training post

Trick-or-treating part 2 - training post

Trick-or-treating part 2 - training post

In England, from the medieval period,[148] up until the 1930s,[149] people practiced the Christian custom of souling on Halloween, which involved groups of soulers, both Protestant and Catholic,[112] going from parish to parish, begging the rich for soul cakes, in exchange for praying for the souls of the givers and their friends.[90] In the Philippines, the practice of souling is called Pangangaluwa and is practiced on All Hallow's Eve among children in rural areas.[22] People drape themselves in white cloths to represent souls and then visit hou

History of Halloween - Training Post

History of Halloween - Training Post

Learn about the history of Halloween

History of Halloween - Training Post

Learn about the history of Halloween

Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of Hallows' Even or Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed.

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