Halloween is also known as Samhain, Pinkie Night, Soul Cakers, Love Divination, or most aptly - Mischief Night. Halloween and its associated customs, have evolved from
ancient Celtic celebrations, which honour the dead. The Halloween festival is also intertwined with with end of harvest celebrations, and in some cultures, All Saints religious elements.
See more about the history of Halloween.
Sample Halloween Jokes
What's
a monster's
favourite play? Romeo and ghouliet
Why do witches fly on brooms?
Vacuum cleaner cords aren't
long enough
What do ghosts serve for dessert? Ice scream
What do you call serious rocks? Grave stones.
What do you call pretend rocks? Shamrocks.
Why do witches fly on brooms?
Vacuum cleaner cords aren't
long enough
When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the
moon laughs and whispers, 'tis near Halloween.
Giant Pumpkin in Hong-Kong
A boy meets a giant pumpkin in Hong Kong.
Although Halloween has little meaning to most people on the island the event is seized upon as a marketing opportunity. See more pumpkin jokes and stories
Because of a guest, we have a confirmed ghost story. My
husband and I both experienced the same "feeling" and vision while outside working the orchard and blueberries -- the funny part is I didn't tell him about it when it happened (mine happened first and I didn't
tell him, then his occurred some months later and he came in and told me).
My husband came in one day (about a month or so after I had my experience) and told me of his experience. Same man, same "watchful"
feeling. We both "saw" this figure in our side vision -- a man watching us as we worked.
It also was a "feeling" of this voice telling us where to prune, how to do the job we were doing.
A "guiding
spirit," we call him.
We found out later that it was Old Man Simon. How did we find out? We described this man to a guest (a relative of the Brewsters, who owned the property before us) that brought
pictures of Simon. She showed us the picture only after we described him. It was one of the original owners of this 260-year-old home!
The flying witch appears on the pupils' sports kit and uniforms of Warboys
Community Primary School and has been used for the last 60 years. However, Will
and Guy have discovered that some pupils and even some teachers have avoided the
school because of this 'scary' logo. Opinions in the village are running high
and over 1000 signatures have been obtained on a petition to keep the historic
emblem.
The historical background to the witch motif is that Warboys is the last
recorded place in England where witches were hanged. Apparently Alice Samuels,
her husband John and her daughter Agnes were executed in 1593 after being
accused by a 10-year-old girl, her four sisters and servants of causing them to
have fits.
A spokesperson has stated, 'Witchcraft and Hallowe'en does not form part of
the school curriculum and is something schools go out of their way to avoid. The
school is aware that some parents choose not to send their children to Warboys
and cite the witch as one of the reasons why.'
Martin Kelsey, the head teacher responsible for improving standards at the
school, admitted, 'From the villagers' point of view, it's an emotive issue,
because they are very, very proud of their history.'
However, we have learned that the school governors seem determined to get rid of
the logo as part of measures to give it a "fresh start" after poor inspection
reports.
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