[FINISHED EVENT] Halloween Trivia Challenge!
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So I just said the answer out loud by saying November 1st is New Years Day... aff meYou both got it at the same time. One point for each of you.
Reasoning: Samhain is November 1st, which is New Years Day for Celtics. October 31 would be New Year's Eve. -
"When the Romans conquered Britain they brought with them the apple tree. The apple was representative of the goddess Pomona, the goddess of fruit trees. She was known for her great beauty and fertility. Romans, although conquerors, Romans were accepting of other cultures and soon accepted Celtic beliefs and the Samhain festival. The two were blended together and the apple became part of the harvest celebration that would become Halloween.
Because Pomona was a fertility goddess and because the Celts believed that the pentagram was a fertility symbol and when an apple is sliced in half the seeds form a pentagram it is natural that they believed the apple could be used to determine marriages during this magical time of year. From this belief comes the game bobbing for apples. During the annual celebration young unmarried people try to bite into an apple floating in water or hanging from a string. The first person to bite into the apple would be the next one to marry.
While the apple may or may not have had any ability to predict the future it brought people together from distant farms and villages who may otherwise have never had contact with others outside their own families. This was very important as most people did not live through their childhoods. Marriage and fertility were extremely important. Without children there would be nobody to carry on your genes. If you didn't have a large supply of children there wouldn't be enough labor to survive. In this respect bobbing for apples wasn't just a game but a matter of life or death."
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This is one of the definitions:Gh0st_Slay3r wrote: »noo lol. in ireland Pagans used to workship a god called Samhain im pretty sure thats what its all about :P I actually did the history of Ireland in my final year of school xD Also learnt all about their policing over the years... About someone called robert peel :P
sa·mhain/ˈsouən/- Noun:The first day of November, celebrated by the ancient Celts as a festival marking the beginning of winter and the Celtic new year.
More info »Wikipedia - Dictionary.com - Answers.com
- Noun:The first day of November, celebrated by the ancient Celts as a festival marking the beginning of winter and the Celtic new year.
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the celebration of Roman festivals. There was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple. This Roman festival was incorporated into the Celtic celebration of Samhain when Rome invaded the Celts. Bobbing for apples that is practiced today on Halloween comes from these ancient practices.
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"When the Romans conquered Britain they brought with them the apple tree. The apple was representative of the goddess Pomona, the goddess of fruit trees. She was known for her great beauty and fertility. Romans, although conquerors, Romans were accepting of other cultures and soon accepted Celtic beliefs and the Samhain festival. The two were blended together and the apple became part of the harvest celebration that would become Halloween.
Because Pomona was a fertility goddess and because the Celts believed that the pentagram was a fertility symbol and when an apple is sliced in half the seeds form a pentagram it is natural that they believed the apple could be used to determine marriages during this magical time of year. From this belief comes the game bobbing for apples. During the annual celebration young unmarried people try to bite into an apple floating in water or hanging from a string. The first person to bite into the apple would be the next one to marry.
While the apple may or may not have had any ability to predict the future it brought people together from distant farms and villages who may otherwise have never had contact with others outside their own families. This was very important as most people did not live through their childhoods. Marriage and fertility were extremely important. Without children there would be nobody to carry on your genes. If you didn't have a large supply of children there wouldn't be enough labor to survive. In this respect bobbing for apples wasn't just a game but a matter of life or death."
I'll give you the point.
Change in ruling; no copy and pasting. -
This is one of the definitions:
sa·mhain/ˈsouən/- Noun:The first day of November, celebrated by the ancient Celts as a festival marking the beginning of winter and the Celtic new year.
More info »Wikipedia - Dictionary.com - Answers.com
shows how much attention i paid in school :rolleyes: haha. I remembered robert peel at least haha Cant quite remember what it was exactly he did tho haha think he brought the first police into ireland or summet. < not that that matters rofl. - Noun:The first day of November, celebrated by the ancient Celts as a festival marking the beginning of winter and the Celtic new year.
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