Wicca, etc....

[Denise Rogers]

No: HPFGUIDX 5065

For more info on Wicca, witchcraft, paganism, or the like, here's a page
with alot of links...

http://www.witchvox.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: <Schlobin at aol.com>
To: <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 1:29 PM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] history of Halloween - long and essentially OT


> Halloween and its origin.
>
> Halloween, or All Hallows Eve, is a festival celebrated on 31 October,
> the evening prior to the Christian Feast of All Saints (All Saints'
> Day). Halloween is the name for the eve of Samhain, (pronounced sow-in) a
> celebration
> marking the beginning of winter as well as the first day of the New Year
> within the ancient Celtic culture of the British Isles. (beginning around
> 2000 B.C.)The time of  Samhain consisted of the eve of the feast and the
day
> itself (31 October
> and 1 November ).
>



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