Hallow + een Hallow is an old word for "Saint" Een

• FESTIVALS

• HALLOWEEN

• Halloween is a very old festival.
• It' s more than two thousand years old.
• Halloween is two words
• Hallow + een
• Hallow is an old word for "Saint"
• Een is an old word for "Eve" (the night before).
• So Halloween is the night before "All Saints Day", on 31th October.
• Halloween celebrated death and the end of the year in the Celtic calendar.
• Today it is a funny festival.
• Children dress up scary costumes and say "Trick or treat".
• Most people give them sweets.
• One of the simbols of Halloween are pumpkin lanterns called "Jack o’ lantern".
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• A RHYME
• TRICK OR TREAT
•   SMELL MY FEET
• GIVE ME SOMETHING
•   GOOD TO EAT

• A Song

• "Bonfire night" is often called Guy Fawkes night.
• Bonfire night is a popular British festival, it's on November 5th..
• On 5th November 1606 Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and to kill King James.
• His plan failed and Guy Fawkes was hanged.
• Today children make a "guy" with straw and old clothes and put it at the top of the bonfire.
• Children ask money to buy fireworks.
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