October 28, 2006
Halloween Trivia
Today is Daylight Savings Time; meaning you need to set your clocks back an hour. I think that is great, we gain an extra hour and in the cold winter, that is good to have.
Tuesday is Halloween and we have yet to get a pumpkin and carve it. We've decorated our yard and the house; but we were waiting until this weekend to carve a pumpking when the kids were here. Well, Logan didn't come down this weekend, so I guess we'll do it ourself.
I remember in past Halloweens where people could take their candy to the hospitals and have it x-rayed to make sure nothing had been put inside their children's candy. I know we still worry about weird-dos out in the world; but I don't think people worry as bad. Or do they?
Click on the above link and learn all about Halloween Trivia. She tells you about the origin or Halloween.
"During the 1800’s, immigrants from the Irish Potato Famine brought their use of this lantern. Back then, pumpkins were not used. A burning lump of coal was placed inside a hollowed out turnip, potato, or beet. These were left on doorsteps to ward off evil spirits and to welcome the souls of a departed loved one. The pumpkin didn’t begin to be used until the Victorian Era."
It's a very interesting story about Halloween and how it came to be or atleast how people think it came to be.
