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For those that celebrate these things, Happy Halloween.  :)

History of Halloween.

Halloween has been celebrated for centuries. It's roots are in the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain (pronounced 'sow wan') which means 'summer's end'. The end of the Celtic year started at sundown on October 31st and ended at sundown on November 1st. It was a night to remember deceased loved ones because the veil between their realm and ours was believed to be at its thinnest on that night.
Glowing jack-o-lanterns, carved from turnips or gourds, were put on window ledges to welcome deceased loved ones and to ward off malevolent spirits. Originally glowing lumps of coal were used to light them from the inside before candles were used.

When European settlers, particularly the Irish, arrived in American they found the native pumpkin to be larger and easier to carve and so the tradition of jack-o-lanterns continued.

Pumpkins are not a vegetable - they are actually a fruit. Like gourds and other varieties of squash they are all members of the Cucurbitacae family, which also includes cucumbers, gherkins and melons.

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hmm a relative fountain of knowedge :)

We had pumpkin on our Sunday roast dinner when out in Oz,absolutely luvverly but we can only get over here at this time of year

Happy Hallowe'en to all.

hmm cant say im a happy bunny anymore :( this is wot the little gits done to one of my drain pipes with a banger type fire work.
(http://www.ratrods.co.uk/PICS/pipe.jpg)

Gits  :(

I'm not happy either.  Last night one of my cats - the one that's already nervous - came in the cat flap about 100 miles an hour and shot straight upstairs, seconds later there was a bang on the door and when I looked out a pumpkin had been thrown at the door and landed exactly in the area of the catflap - obviously they chased the cat then threw someone's pumpkin at her.

I saw them, three of them, not little kids but teenagers about 13-15 years.  Trouble is there's very little you can do - but next year I'll be waiting with a big bucket of icy water.  They can do me for assault if they like, I don't care!

Think I will report the incident to the police just so it's recorded.  Tricks are one thing but cruelty to animals is entirely another (as is criminal damage in post above).

great, im not the only old git on here, when i was at the flat i let the dog(large german sheppard) out the door, ive never seen teenagers moved so fast. last year we had a knock on the door and janie ansewered and politely said no thank you, one oik started shouting abuse but soon disapeared as i chased him down the road. (note to oneself, get another dog, im getting too old to run down roads. )yes im the origonal grumpy old git. ;D

 >:( Grumpy Old Gits R Us!
Fortunately I live in a first floor flat so don't get bothered by the nasty little ...darlings.
Since when did Trick or Treat become a British tradition then?

Since the shops decided to cash in on it, or since the numpties saw it on American TV shows & copied what they saw, or since the greedy little ...darlings, decided it's a great way to grab something for nothing & be even more obnoxious than usual?
                                                   

Dave  and everyone else :) were not grumpy we are the victims of a society that is just outta control, im currently making a sign"similar to wot u posties may see warning u that theres a dog present at the house" Only mines warning individuals that i will defend my property with force if any individual is caught :)

I like "Grumpy old Git" better!!

hmm ok a grumpy old fcker will use force :)

That's more like it  ;D

So it's gone from begging,still illegal in this country, to demanding money with menaces.Like I've said before "kids couldn't you just strangle em all"

Probably not, but I accept the challenge.

C'mon cheer up! Its not every day you get to shoot at witches, ghouls and goblins with ya air rifle!

rofl

had then knocking on our door the other night, they said "trick or treat" i answered "treat" but the little buggers didnt give me anything ;D ;D ::)

In a previous life when I was married, the mother-in-law used to live in the annexe joined to the house, and for a laugh one night, I put a broomstick outside her front door and when the kids knocked on my front door and said "trick or treat", I used to tell them to knock next door as a real witch lived there. HA HA HA  ;D

funny u post that Janie as my mother is in an annexe i biult /to disabled regs for me if things get worse but she is a witch lol small world aint it :L)

The police told us that as long as you have a sign up, you can put up barbed wire, broken glass on walls, anti personell mines (not really) and large dogs.

My son in law gave me a broomstick as a present!


He usually refers to me as 'the old witch' - but he's lovely!