tisdag 4 december 2012

From Samahain to Halloween

5 questions to the text about Halloween

1. What was Halloween called before?

2. Why did people celebrate Halloween?

3.  How did "trick or treat" start from the beginning?

4. How did the spirits visit the people alive? How did they look?

5. Why did Pope Gregory IV move Halloween to the date 2nd november?



Answers to Maddes questions:

1. Who started the festival called Samhain? The Celtic people started the festival.


2. On what date was it? It was on the 31 October.

3.On what date was All Hallows Day? It was on the 1 November.


4.Who started the festival who became Halloween? Pope Gregory IV started it.


5.The people carried something in pumpkins. What? Ashes.

1 kommentar:

  1. 1. All Hallows Day.
    2. You scare away the evil spirits.
    3. The celtic young men went around in their village and asked for food to the Gods,and woods to the fire.
    4. They were black cats.
    5. Some said he tried to make people stop celebrate All souls' day.

    SvaraRadera