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Category: Halloween

By Clanmother Posted on October 31, 2015

Song of the Witches & The Great Pumpkin

It is  Halloween, the night of October 31, the eve of All Saints’s Day.   Some scholars believe that Halloween has Christian roots which have been influenced by the Celtic … Continue reading Song of the Witches & The Great Pumpkin

Categories: Celebrations, Charles M. Schulz, Halloween, Samhain, William ShakespeareTags: Charles M. Schulz, Halloween, William Shakespeare
By Clanmother Posted on October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween!

“Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He’s gotta pick this one. He’s got to. I don’t see how … Continue reading Happy Halloween!

Categories: HalloweenTags: Halloween, The Great Pumpkin
By Clanmother Posted on October 30, 2013

The Man Who Scared the Nation

No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as … Continue reading The Man Who Scared the Nation

Categories: H.G. Wells, Halloween, Ray BradburyTags: H.G. Wells, Halloween, Ray Bradbury
By Clanmother Posted on October 29, 2013October 29, 2013

There is Always a Pumpkin

A carved pumpkin is the quintessential symbol of Halloween.  You may be interested in knowing – as I was when I was looking up “pumpkins” – that in Ireland and … Continue reading There is Always a Pumpkin

Categories: Carl Sandburg, Halloween, PoetsTags: Carl Sandburg, Halloween
By Clanmother Posted on October 26, 2013

Countdown to Halloween

Halloween is coming and all of the little ghosts and goblins are in countdown mode. Unlike the scholars that debate on the origins of this auspicious day, children, of all … Continue reading Countdown to Halloween

Categories: Halloween, William ShakespeareTags: Halloween, William Shakespeare

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