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The name Halloween is first attested in the 16th century as a Scottish shortening of the fuller All-Hallow-Even, that is, the night before All Hallows' Day. [112] Dumfries poet John Mayne 's 1780 poem made note of pranks at Halloween "What fearfu' pranks ensue!".
Halloween-themed foods are also produced by companies in the lead up to the night, for example Cadbury releasing Goo Heads (similar to Creme Eggs) in spooky wrapping. [241] A Halloween cake decorated with ghosts, spider webs, skulls and long bones, and spiders. The cake is topped with a jack-o'-lantern.
On Halloween night in present-day Ireland, adults and children dress up as creatures from the underworld (e.g., ghosts, ghouls, zombies, witches, and goblins), light bonfires, and enjoy spectacular fireworks displays—in particular, the city of Derry is home to the largest organized Halloween celebration on the island, in the form of a street ...
The cold front that brought overnight storms across much of the central U.S. may ruin Halloween evening for many residents of the Upper Midwest and Southern states as the system continued its path ...
The meaning of Halloween today is far removed from its darker origins in ancient Britain, Ireland and northern France—when people believed it was a night when the dead literally returned to the ...
Halloween Eve tricks have generally been fairly mild, except in Detroit, where incidents of arson began ticking up on what was called "Devil's Night" in the 1970s, reaching a fiery pitch in the ...
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The history of jack-o'-lanterns and where Halloween pumpkins originated. ... One night, while returning home late from a party down an isolated country road, Crane, who is afraid of his own shadow ...