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Halloween's History Mixes Pagan, Christian Traditions

Author: Patti S. Borda Source: Frederick News-Post (MD)

Title: HALLOWEEN'S HISTORY MIXES PAGAN, CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS

Freaks, ghouls, princesses -- and maybe a few saints -- will wander the streets tonight in a bizarre parade of the good, the bad and the ugly.

They likely will search for candy. Their existence represents a historical search for peace with life and death.

Halloween customs in our time are the modern incarnation of ancient rituals, fears and hopes. For thousands of years some cultures have focused on the dead on the days now represented on calendars as Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

For pagan Tamar Bradley, Oct. 31 is "a very reverent" day, celebrating Samhain, pronounced saw-wayn. She and other pagans will honor their dead and worship Celtic deities tonight in Frederick at her store, The Owl Nest, at 5732 Buckeystown Pike.

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