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Sexy halloween party

Every year I throw a big Halloween party, not only to celebrate Halloween but also celebrating Samhain and the Celtic New Year. Last year our party was a great success, we had lots of witches, the Hulk,...

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Another New Year

A happy new year to you. Also, a happy new day, a happy new hour and a happy new minute. A happy new second. A happy new breath. A happy new moment. A happy new everything. Because - if you stop and think...

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Ghoul

When we hear of ghouls we either think of flesh-eating demons of Islamic folklore or those lumbering dead in George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. But there are other ghouls in legend and folklore. In...

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Halloween: a Celtic New Year

Pumpkin lanterns, macabre costumes, white ladies, Dracula, vampires, dead people rising...these are the things I used to remember when this memorable day passes every year. It always gives me creep imagining...

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Interesting Facts About Halloween

The name Halloween has been derived from the phrase ‘All Hallow's Eve.' It is logical that the word ‘even’ has been shortened to e’en. It is even a shortened derivation of the word ‘evening’. The...

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A Scottish Halloween

This is an article I originally wrote for BellaOnline on the Scottish Culture site. Halloween has some of its beginnings in Scotland. The modern celebration of Halloween in Scotland comes from the...

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The Celebration of Samhain

Samhain or Sam Hain is a pagan celebration for the harvest in the fall. It also represents the Celtic New Year. Samhain is the Celtic-Gaelic word meaning summers-end. Contrary to popular belief, it is not...

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Halloween a Pagan festival

All Halloweens early shenanagins again be directly related to the Irish, and to be more exact, The Druids. Yes it is indeed a fact, Halloween, that fun filled time of pumpkins and bags of goodies, bonfires...

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Halloween - All Saint's Day

Amid all of the controversy that surrounds Halloween every year it is amazing to note all of the many cultures across the world that celebrate the Day of the Dead. To me it seems completely egotistical for...

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