Do You Know the Truth About Halloween?  

Test your knowledge of Halloween by answering true or false to the following questions. 

1.      Halloween evolved from the Celtic festival Samhain.

2.      The Celts believed people who had died could return and possess the living during Samhain.

3.      The Celts wore costumes to scare away souls looking for new bodies.

4.      When souls returned they often inhabited animals such as black cats.

5.      The Celts built fires and made their homes as cosy as possible during Samhain.

6.      The festival of Samhain spread to the rest of Europe as the Celts migrated.

7.      One legend contends that the original lanterns were carved from turnips.

8.      One possible origin of trick-or-treating comes from the Celtic tradition of collecting food door-to-door for the gods during Samhain.

9.      Halloween is a contraction of All Hallows Eve, or the night before All Saint’s Day.

10. Pope Gregory moved All Saint’s Day to Nov. 1, in 835 AD, possibly as a way to get Christians to stop celebrating Samhain.

To find out the answers, go to the Answer Page.