The Haunted History Of Halloween 1/5
December 26, 2009 by Hairy
Filed under Halloween Fun
History Channel takes a look at this pagen ritual. DISCLAIMER, WARNINGS, AND NOTICE TO READERS: This website does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the information, content collectively, the “Materials”) contained on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded or accessed from any of the services contained on this website (the “Service”). None of the contributors, sponsors, administrators or anyone else connected with this website in any way whatsoever can be …
I really enjoy this documentary
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i fukin luv halloween
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We had class on November 5th so we actually spent most of that class talking about it. It was so fascinating!
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Congratulations! I was very intrigued by his comparison of trick-or-treating to the begging traditions of Guy Fawkes Day, much later on in the special.
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Btw: is Harry Smith’s Thanksgiving special on here, yet?
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Pay attention to the whole special, young Skywalker, and all facets will be sufficiently explained.
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I LOVE HALLOWEEN SO MUCH
My favorite time of the year lol
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And some of the opening clips arnt even from Halloween there from the Lewes bonfires which is a anti Catholic festival in England on Nov 5th which started in the 1600s. The Celts were from the whole British Isles not just Ireland.
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Halloween is from Ireland?? Why do Americans think everything pagan is from Ireland?? Halloween is from the British Isles in general & Pagan europe as well I would of thought.
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Well, I’m a bit of a history geek. ;-D
And, if I remember correctly, the pre-Roman British Isles had quite an abundance of metal ores. Copper and tin, in particular.
“A typical B-student knows the facts about everything, and the truth about nothing.”
—Anon.
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You’re welcome. And you got ME curious too, so I asked a (proudly) uber-geeky friend. He says copper will burn with a green flame (I guess he has magical fire that burns metals?). So will boric acid (probably what I sprinkled on my fires), but the BEST is a mix of barium nitrate, potassium chlorate, sulphur, powdered shellac, mercurous chloride and charcoal.
*groan* ask a chem geek a simple question….
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Well, thank you for responding, anyway.
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@Carycomic It’s just a chemical reaction. Back when I had a fireplace, I’d sometimes pick up a packet of “rainbow flames” (forget the actual name; it was in Toronto). You’d toss it onto the fire, and the flames would burn colourfully for a few moments. It ended as soon as the powder was burnt up. So I would imagine THIS green-flame burned whatever chemical that makes that colour (sorry, not a chemist, maybe someone else knows.)
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I’m just idly curious. How does a flame burn green? I was under the impression that green wood was incapable of being burned.
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halloween = pagan and business makeing that many people are blind off, thats why we hear always check your candies,protect your kids or family members during trick or treat.
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looks simular to the practices in the Bohemian Grove
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toonNag50 I guess you must be english? we have been doing halloween in Scotland since way way back before england came to being and the kids still do it makes it an export not an import Dummy
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You are right. There was no such thing as the devil in the Pagan religion. The devil is a Christian entity. Some people should just lighten up and have fun with the holiday!
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So was my great-grandfather.
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trick or treat is a yankee cultural import into Britain-we dont do it-will you piss off.
I dont even think the Irish do it.
Enchanting 3000 years history pishe
The Celts were indiginous people of the UK -not a “war like tribe”-twat
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Halloween should be fun but theirs so many sick ppl out thier praying on the kids not just for candy maybe any cash they have or their cell phones but its not really safe now to let kids out on their own
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happy Bday for tomorrow my Bday is today so i have a double party and 2 cakes a Bday cake and Halloween cake
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I was born on 31. October.
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yer im going out in my halloweener costume.. it is demons intising the pedophilles out
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damn that’s pretty cool. sounds like an interesting course
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