Having written about Halloween for many years, I was wracking my brain for a different take on things for this October. When it came to me! I should test how much you remember from my previous articles + what else you might know, so a Halloween quiz was born. If you missed the Questions post, then visit here first – and only come back to the Answers when you have tried your best!
Answers
A1. All Hallows Eve; All Hallows’ Day, All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day, Samhain, Hallowe’en & Days of the Dead.
A2. Turnips originally, now pumpkins.
A3. Souling.
A4. It would mean that your house was haunted and that ghosts had let in the bats.
A5. Because it would mean the spirit of a deceased love one was watching over you.
A6. The Crone (also known as the Earth Mother).
A7. They believed that after death, all souls would enter the cauldron and stirring would bring about reincarnation.
A8. Festival of Pamonia – Pamona being the Goddess of nature – fruit and trees.
A9. Black, navy or deep purple – all used for letting go of fear. Orange for joy and immortality.
A10. Cypress, ferns, nutmeg, sage, dittany and pine.
A11. Bobbing for apples.
A12. Saturday – October 31 – 2020.
A13. So that when evil spirits came, they would not recognise you.
A14. Samhainopobia.
A15. River Phoenix & Harry Houdini.
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