Tuesday, October 17, 2006  The true history of Halloween  Taken
from Halloween-maximum  Do you know how Halloween started? You
don't! Well do not worry I will tell you how it started, the
information may shock you, well it did me when I first found
out, so here is the history of Halloween.  Ok Halloween used to
be spelt Hallowe'en some time ago and first started in a country
named Ireland. The Irish didn't celebrate Halloween as we do
now, they celebrated it as a festival and was named samhain.
According to the beliefs of the ancient Irish (Celts as they
were called), the sunny half of the year (e.g. spring and
summer) ended on the 1st November a day usually referred to in
Gaelic as Samhain meaning "the End of summer". After the
adoption of the ancient Roman Calendar which had fixed months,
the date (1st November) began to be celebrated regardless of the
Moon phases which would have indicated when the sunny part of
the year has ended.  What is Halloween  Taken from Wikipedia
Halloween (IPA pronunciation: [