Costumed trick-or-treating takes its inspiration from the Celtic holiday Samhain—“summer’s end” in Irish—more than 2,000 years ago. Samhain marked New Year’s Day and fell around ...

This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival ...

Celtic tradition comes to life at Edinburgh’s Beltane Fire Festival - Fire dancers, drummers and painted pagan gods bring ...

The first trick-or-treaters were poor children in medieval Europe, who would go door-to-door begging for food and money during the Celtic holiday Samhain — celebrated on October 31. In exchange ...

Many pagan Celtic traditions from medieval times were incorporated into Marian veneration, the most notable of which was the collection of flowers. Flowers were used to decorate grottoes, altars and ...

Over 2,000 years ago The origins of present day Halloween are believed to date back over 2,000 years ago to a Celtic festival known as Samhain. Fearing evil intent from the returned dead ...

The origins of Halloween date way back in time to an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain. Samhain marked the end of the harvest period and the beginning of winter. It was celebrated on the ...

Pronounced ‘sow-en’, Samhain is a Gaelic holiday beckoning the ‘darker half’ of the year. It takes place on the evening of 31 October through to 1 November as the Celtic day begins and ...

Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences Why does The Celtic Calendar and its most important dates, Samhain, Imbolg, Bealtaine and Lúnasa still resonate ...

The ancient festival of Samhain (Halloween’s forerunner) is regarded in many esoteric Irish circles as “The Celtic New Year.” And here comes Nov. 4 – Election Day 2014 – another special ...