Jack o’ Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday.

Men say that in this midnight hour, The disembodièd have power To wander as it liketh them, By wizard oak and fairy stream. – – – William Motherwell

The Celts had been taught by their priests that the soul is immortal. When the body died the spirit passed instantly into another existence in a country close at hand. We remember that the Otherworld of the British Isles, peopled by the banished Tuatha and all superhuman beings, was either in caves in the earth,

Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy for trick-or-treaters with Snickers #1.