Originally, a festival of the dead, which has survived to the present in popular culture as Halloween, a night of trick-or-treating by and others dressed in of fantasy and the .
AllHallows is observed the night of 31, followed on November 1 by All Hallows Day, also called All Saints' Day and All Soul's Day. The ancient observed it to celebrate the onset of and the beginning of the Celtic New Year and the end of .
Numerous connected with the observances for the dead have survived to the present. In addition to the of the dead roaming about, the , witches and numerous are believed to be out and at the of their powers.
In Ireland and Scotland, the of extinguishing one's home fire and relighting it from the festival has continued into modern times.
The of trick or treat probably has several origins. An old Irish peasant practice called for going door to door to collect , breadcake, cheese, eggs, butter, nuts, apples, etc., in preparation for the of St. Columb Kill. Another was the begging for cakes, or offerings for one's self, particularly in exchange for of or against bad .

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