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"We all know how commercial Halloween has become, with expensive dress-ups,
trick-or-treat “candy” and fake cobwebs (please don’t – they kill birds!).
But if you’ve ever dismissed Halloween as an American invention, you might want
to rethink that.
For at least the past couple of millennia, the changing of the seasons has been
marked among Celtic peoples with festivals at recognised times of year.
One of these was known by the Irish and Scottish Gaels as Samhain (pronounced
“sah-win”), celebrated at the onset of winter. In the northern hemisphere, this
falls around the end of October, although the tradition predates our modern
calendar."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
