Samhain marked New Year’s Day and fell around ... By the 16th century, “guising” was common in Scotland and Ireland on All Hallows’ Eve: Children, disguised as ghouls, made the rounds ...

The Gaelic festival of Samhain was traditionally held on Nov ... This customdirectly related to what is called guising, because of the disguises, or costumes, worn to hide from evil spiritscan ...

This Dark Ages practice included going door to door in search for soul cakes in return for prayers for the deceased or in "guising" where masqueraders ... for another year I continue to pray because ...

Despite facing heavy criticism, a traditional dance group known for blacking up their faces pressed on with their customary Easter weekend march. The Britannia Coconut Dancers took to the streets ...

The face guising is all about disguise from the evil spirits, that's the pagan side of it. "Obviously, the coconuts on the knees and stuff we used as protection down the mines, and part of the ...

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"He's whipping away the evil spirits from the dance area, because they're fertility dances. The face guising is all about disguise from the evil spirits, that's the pagan side of it. "Obviously, the ...

Ireland’s “Halloween Holiday” honors the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. Historically, Samhain marked the end of harvest and the start of winter. Modern celebrations include Halloween ...

According to Irish mythology, the cave is a portal to the Otherworld, and every Samhain, The Morrigan, keeper of the Otherword, leaves the gates unguarded. Boyle, a city at the foot of the Curlew ...

“Both ‘Matrum Noctem’ and ‘Veiled One’ were written in honour of the “death cycle”, which begins at Samhain (the Witches New Year) and peaks at the Winter Solstice. During this phase, the Earth ...

But, let us shudder to think on how lawmakers could descend to such a low level of primitiveness calling on their people to be lawless guising as defending themselves. Instead, one had all along ...