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Halloween Lore and Legends
Marge_Innavera:
A source for some fun with Halloween:
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/world/seasonal/halloween.html
Here's a few questions from one of the trivia quizzes. Some of the questions are easy, some might take a little looking-up:
All of these celebrities were born on Halloween except one; can you tell me which one does not belong?
River Phoenix
John Candy
Michael Landon
Dan Rather
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz342248272e1c8.html
The "Monster Mash", often played around the Halloween holiday, was a 1962 novelty song by which of the following groups?
Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
"Lord" Paul Bearer and the Grave-Diggers
David "Doctor" Livingstone and the Tomb-Raiders
"Sir" Jack O'Lantern and the Pumpkin Smashers
What was the point of the old Scottish Halloween tradition involving a young woman peeling an apple in one long strip and then throwing it over her shoulder?
It would protect you against miscarriage
It would protect you from the plague
It would land in the shape of the number of children she would have
The peel was believed to land in the shape of the first letter of the future spouse
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on October 27, 2011, 09:40:01 am ---I know what you're talking about, but don't get the impression that it's specifically Catholic. If anything, fundamentalist Protestents seem to be more paranoid about the holiday.
--- End quote ---
I expect you're probably correct about that, though I work with at least one super-Catholic who turns up her nose at Halloween and for just that reason. :-\
--- Quote ---The "Monster Mash", often played around the Halloween holiday, was a 1962 novelty song by which of the following groups?
--- End quote ---
Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers
("It was a graveyard smash!")
;D
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on October 27, 2011, 09:40:01 am ---I would have loved to have seen nuns in costumes! ;D
--- End quote ---
I remember we had a (for the time) "relaxed" order of nuns. Some wore blue habits while others chose not to. In general those who didn't wear the habit would dress in costumes. I remember my kindergarten teacher (Sister Joan) wearing a ghost outfit.
The nuns who wore habits stayed in their habits, but particpated in the day's activities.
Jeff Wrangler:
I think tonight I will watch It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. After all, gotta be prepared for Halloween Night, when the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch and flies through the air to bring toys all the good children. ;D
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on October 27, 2011, 09:50:53 am ---All of these celebrities were born on Halloween except one; can you tell me which one does not belong?
River Phoenix
John Candy
Michael Landon
Dan Rather
--- End quote ---
River Phoenix. He died on Halloween. Comes to my mind every year. :-\
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