萬(wàn)圣節(jié)的來(lái)歷
The Celtic people,who lived more than 2000 years ago feared the evening of Oct.31 more than any other day of the year.It was the eve of their festival of Samhain.Samhain was a joyful harvest festival that marked the death of the old year and the beginning of a new one.The day itself was a time for paying homage to the sun god Baal who had provided the people with the ripened grain for use in the upcoming winter.Come evening evil spirits were everywhere.Charms and spells were said to have more power on the eve of Samhain.Several rituals were performed by the Celtic priests,Druids,to appease the Lord of the Dead.\x0b
萬(wàn)圣節(jié)的簡(jiǎn)介
HALLOWEEN One story about Jack,an Irishman,who was not allowed into Heaven because he was stingy with his money.So he was sent to hell.But down there he played tricks on the Devil (Satan),so he was kicked out of Hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern.Well,Irish children made Jack's lanterns on October 31st from a large potato or turnip,hollowed out with the sides having holes and lit by little candles inside.And Irish children would carry them as they went from house to house begging for food for the village Halloween festival that honored the Druid god Muck Olla.The Irish name for these lanterns was "Jack with the lantern" or "Jack of the lantern," abbreviated as " Jack-o'-lantern" and now spelled "jack-o-lantern." The traditional Halloween you can read about in most books was just children's fun night.Halloween celebrations would start in October in every elementary school.Children would make Halloween decorations,all kinds of orange-paper jack-o-lanterns.And from black paper you'd cut "scary" designs ---an evil witch with a pointed hat riding through the sky on a broomstick,maybe with black bats flying across the moon,and that meant bad luck.And of course black cats for more bad luck.
Sometimes a black cat would ride away into the sky on the back of the witch's broom.And on Halloween night we'd dress up in Mom or Dad's old shoes and clothes,put on a mask,and be ready to go outside.The little kids (children younger than we were) had to go with their mothers,but we older ones went together to neighbors' houses,ringing their doorbell and yelling,"Trick or treat!" meaning,"Give us a treat (something to eat) or we'll play a trick on you!" The people inside were supposed to come to the door and comment on our costumes.Oh!here's a ghost.Oh,there's a witch.Oh,here's an old lady.Sometimes they would play along with us and pretend to be scared by some ghost or witch.But they would always have some candy and maybe an apple to put in our "trick or treat bags." But what if no one come to the door,or if someone chased us away?Then we'd play a trick on them,usually taking a piece of soap and make marks on their windows..And afterwards we would go home and count who got the most candy.One popular teen-agers' Halloween trick was to unroll a roll of toilet paper and throw it high into a tree again and again until the tree was all wrapped in the white paper.The paper would often stay in the tree for weeks until a heavy snow or rain washed it off.No real harm done,but it made a big mess of both the tree and the yard under it.One kind of Halloween mischief.
關(guān)于萬(wàn)圣節(jié)的一些詩(shī)詞
SHIVERS\x0b\x0bBushes quiver\x0bwhere shadows lean,\x0band not a sliver\x0bof moon is seen.\x0b\x0bNear the river\x0bsome goblins (green)\x0bwith a witch in front\x0band a ghost in between\x0b\x0bMake me sh..i..vvvver,\x0bbut I am keen\x0babout the shivers\x0bof Halloween.\x0b
HALLOWEEN MAGIC\x0b\x0bA bald-headed ghost\x0bDrank some witches' brew\x0bAnd on top of his head\x0bA strange thing grew.\x0b\x0bIt was pointed and tall\x0bAnd black as a bat\x0bWith stringy long hair\x0bWhere his head was flat.\x0b\x0bThe sad little ghost\x0bDidn't want any hair\x0bOr a black pointed hat\x0bSo he said,"Witch beware!"\x0bThen he chanted some words\x0bWith a spell-casting switch\x0bAnd gave Halloween Night\x0bA bald-headed witch!\x0b\x0b~Barbara M.Hales~\x0b
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