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Halloween (repost) |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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HALLOWEEN More than two thousand years ago A Celebration for the Dead, Returning The Night before the Celtic New Year With Costumes and Sacrificial Burning. With a Celebration of the Harvest And to Honor one’s Dead Ancestry It spread across all of Europe In the Seventh Century. “All Hallows Eve”, “Night Of The Dead” “All Souls Day”, for the Christians Nobody really knows for sure Where each of those Beliefs begins. The first lighted fruit was gourds and turnips With Scary Faces carved, embers inside To ward off all of the Evil Spirits Who roamed the streets and countryside. The Irish brought America this Tradition Of carving turnips and even potatoes But quickly learned Pumpkins were better Being bigger, wherein the garden it grows. Bobbing for apples once was popular Dating back to ancient Roman days To honor Pomona, Goddess of fruits As just one of their many Holidays. “Trick Or Treat” was for the Spirits To leave them a “Treat” outside your door If not they would play “Tricks” on you With all kinds of Evil held in store. All Cats were thought of as Spiritual But the Black Cat was the very worst Some thought them Incarnated Humans And many felt that they were Cursed. Beeswax candles were colored “Orange” And “Black” draped Caskets were the way Colors for those Masses for the Dead Back there in that Ancient day. “Fires” where Druids Sacrificed life Burned to the skeletal “bone” Formed what we now call “bonfires” A “new” word we thought we’ve always known. Worshipers danced ‘round those fires Wearing disguises on head and skin And throughout the years Halloween Has become steeped in Paganism. And today we spend fourteen billion And most people don’t even know, “Why?” Except for all those Ghosts and Goblins And fake Witches flying ‘cross the Sky. Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
Abe I always read your poetry when you post. I learn a lot and find that I leave PiP thinking about your message. I have linked many to your poems about Veterans - you are a strong, powerful writer. Alison |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Very interesting. Thanks for reposting. "late" |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
I know why...Corporations make lots of money selling Halloween costumes and candy...James |
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