Ghosts and ghollies

History

It is most popular in Ireland, where it originated, also known as "Samhain Night". The Celts celebrated Halloween as Samhain, the 'Feast of the Dead',.
The Celts believed that at this time the spirit world could intermingle with the living, and that the spirits would could come down to earth in order to posses the living and find a new body for the new year. The living did not want to become possessed so they would not light fires so everywhere looked undesirable, and they would dress in scary costumes in order to scare away the spirits, and would go parading around as noisily as possible.

(It is still believed by many that this is the most popular night to contact the dead, and as links with the occult )In Ireland they continued to practice the ancient pagan ritual even after the arrival of Christianity in the sixth century. But in 609 Pope Boniface IV, declared May 13 All Saints' Day. While pagans were happy to add All Saints' Day to their calendar, they were unwilling to give up their existing festival of the dead and continued to celebrate Samhain.
Intent on getting rid of pagan beliefs, Pope Gregory III followed in the footsteps of the earlier Christian leaders and united the Christian All Saints' Day to the festival of Samhain. He then moved All Saints' Day to November 1, which became known as All Hallows. Because Samhain had traditionally fallen the night before All Hallows, it eventually became known as All Hallows' Eve' or Hallowe'en.
Halloween was first seen in America when Irish immigrated fled there in the 1840s due to the potato famine. It is not quit sure when it came to Britain.
It is thought that Halloween did not become so wide spread until the 20th century. Over time the practice as changed as the belief in the spirits possessing bodies changed, and it as become less of a ritual and as become more ceremonial

 

Have a look at this one...
http://motoring.aol.co.uk/britains-most-haunted-roads-revealed/article/20061031040909990001

HAs anyone got any good ghost stories to do with roads? I have, and I'll post it later if anyone wants to hear it.....

 

I'd love to hear your story dendrobium

 

Love to hear them Dend im all ears,well you know what i mean :D