November 6, 2006: Day of the Dead sculpture

Sundae · 11-08-2006, 11:06 AM

One of the old regulars in a pub I worked in still remembered food being put outside on Halloween in the village he grew up in. He told me that Halloween used to be the equivilant of New Year's Eve in pre-Christian times in that it was the death of the year. Not sure if that's connected to Samhain, I don't remember him explaining it further.

Oh and they used to bring a gift of bread and salt over the threshold when someone moved into a house.

11-08-2006, 11:06 AM	#16
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	One of the old regulars in a pub I worked in still remembered food being put outside on Halloween in the village he grew up in. He told me that Halloween used to be the equivilant of New Year's Eve in pre-Christian times in that it was the death of the year. Not sure if that's connected to Samhain, I don't remember him explaining it further. Oh and they used to bring a gift of bread and salt over the threshold when someone moved into a house. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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