Halloween - Bet ya didn't know!
Across
- 1. Culture where the ancient festival of Samhain originated (Nov.1)
- 5. All Saint's Day was called All Hallow's Day in this century
- 6. The needy would beg for these pastries and in return would pray for people's dead relatives
- 7. Century when Irish and Scottish immigrants brought these traditions to America
- 11. At first, trick or treating was much more about this than the treats!
- 12. In America, people spend over 6 ______ dollars on Halloween costumes, decorations, and candy
- 13. People would wear these so they would be mistaken as fellow ghosts
- 14. People would leave _____ & wine on their doorsteps to keep roaming spirits away
- 15. People would dress up and accept food, wine, money in exchange for poetry, jokes, or ___________.
Down
- 2. Souling and guising combined to become this Halloween tradition in America
- 3. Church that turned Samhain into All Saint's Day
- 4. Location where Halloween trick or treating, souling, and guising began in Medieval times
- 8. The night before All Hallow's was called All Hallow's _____
- 9. This word is a combination of the words "All Hallow's Eve"
- 10. People believed that the dead returned on the night of Oct.31 as these