The Pagan Roots of Halloween

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Lucy-Pevensie said:
Halloween is very American.
Harvest festival. That was what we used to celebrate when I was a child. It was carried over from an earlier time.
We would bring non-perishable food items to school or church to be donated to those in need.
Happy Celtic New Year! 1st November. My dad could say it in Gaelic but I can't remember how.
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I could google it but probably couldn't pronounce it. :)
 
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Magenta said:
bhliain nua shona Cheilteach
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Yep - VLEE-in NOO-ah HAW-nah KHAYL-chahkh (rough pronunciation in a more northern Irish Gaelic - 'kh' like Scottish 'ch' in "loch", or German in "Bach")
 
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The Manx celebrate it too - considered the oldest tradition on the Island, but its been mingled with the American Halloween. The Manx know it as "Hop tu Naa" - a celebration of the Celtic "new year" - really the onset of the dark half of the year marked with a lot of traditional music and dance.
 
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