Halloween - Bet ya didn't know!

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Across
  1. 1. Culture where the ancient festival of Samhain originated (Nov.1)
  2. 5. All Saint's Day was called All Hallow's Day in this century
  3. 6. The needy would beg for these pastries and in return would pray for people's dead relatives
  4. 7. Century when Irish and Scottish immigrants brought these traditions to America
  5. 11. At first, trick or treating was much more about this than the treats!
  6. 12. In America, people spend over 6 ______ dollars on Halloween costumes, decorations, and candy
  7. 13. People would wear these so they would be mistaken as fellow ghosts
  8. 14. People would leave _____ & wine on their doorsteps to keep roaming spirits away
  9. 15. People would dress up and accept food, wine, money in exchange for poetry, jokes, or ___________.
Down
  1. 2. Souling and guising combined to become this Halloween tradition in America
  2. 3. Church that turned Samhain into All Saint's Day
  3. 4. Location where Halloween trick or treating, souling, and guising began in Medieval times
  4. 8. The night before All Hallow's was called All Hallow's _____
  5. 9. This word is a combination of the words "All Hallow's Eve"
  6. 10. People believed that the dead returned on the night of Oct.31 as these