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During the late 19th and early 20th century Celtic Revival, there was an upswell of interest in Samhain and the other Celtic festivals. Sir John Rhys put forth that it had been the "Celtic New Year". He inferred it from contemporary folklore in Ireland and Wales, which he felt was "full of Hallowe'en customs associated with new beginnings".
The names have been used by historians to refer to Celtic Halloween customs up until the 19th century, [112] and are still the Gaelic and Welsh names for Halloween. Snap-Apple Night, or All-Hallow Eve , painted by Daniel Maclise in 1833, shows people feasting and playing divination games on Halloween in Ireland.
According to Hardwick (1872), the burning of fires on Halloween may also be related to earlier practices. [51] In the English countryside, people lit bonfires to ward off evil spirits. [52] Glassie (1969) believes that fires on Halloween were lit into modern times in the Celtic areas of "northern and westernmost counties of England". [53]
Halloween costumes can also generate controversy through the overt sexualization of many women's costumes [46] – despite a surprisingly long history of it [47] [48] [49] – even those intended for young girls. While costumes of various occupations like student, police officer, academia, clergy, or nursing do exist for men, they are often at ...
Jack-o'-lanterns carved from pumpkins are a yearly Halloween tradition that developed in the United States when Irish, Cornish, Scottish and other Celtic influenced immigrants brought their root vegetable carving traditions with them. [2] It is common to see jack-o'-lanterns used as external and interior decorations prior to and on Halloween.
This does not mesh well with the traditional Celtic spirit of Halloween, which relies on an atmosphere of the encroaching darkness of winter and the turning of the leaves. Halloween has gained little recognition in Australia and New Zealand, largely through American media influences (primarily sit-coms but also with the Simpsons Halloween ...
The Celtic festival of Samhain, not to be confused with Halloween, originated in Ireland and a reconstructed version is celebrated by some across the globe. [29] Ireland is a place where religion and religious practice have long been held in high esteem.
The history of trick-or-treating traces back to Scotland and Ireland, where the tradition of guising, going house to house at Halloween and putting on a small performance to be rewarded with food or treats, goes back at least as far as the 16th century, as does the tradition of people wearing costumes at Halloween. There are many accounts from ...