Happy Halloween everyone/mildly OT/

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 5061

To answer my own question, Halloween is essentially derived from
the Celtic holiday of Samhain.  Modern traditions in the U.S. also
derive from All Souls Day and a few scattered customs in the rest of 
Europe.

Samhain is still observed by modern witches/wiccans as one of the
Eight Major pagan holidays, and in fact of the eight four tend to be 
more important than the eight. The eight are the two solstices, the 
two equinoxes, and Samhain, Beltane (May 1st), Lammas, and Imbolc.
Those four have other names as well......

See next post for long drawn out info

Susan