Results: Halloween origins. Part II
This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31 they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth.
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Before this survey, did you know that Wearing Scary Costumes was a way for Celtics to avoid being terrorized by all the evil spirits walking the Earth during Samhain?
Yes
19%
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364 votes
No
81%
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1536 votes
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And were you aware that Celts believed the boundary between the living and the dead blurred on the night of October 31? Yes
26%
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501 votes
No
74%
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1399 votes
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