Halloween History

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Across
  1. 1. We hollow these out for carving faces
  2. 4. In the 7th Century, Pope Boniface IV moved the Samhain celebrations to the 1st of November and declared the 31st of October a Holy day calling it ...
  3. 6. Another small creature said to come out at Halloween
  4. 10. What the Romans who conquered the Celts renamed Samhain.
  5. 11. The poor were allowed to beg for these on this night in old Britain.
  6. 12. What they wore to fool the ghosts out on this night
  7. 14. You might see alot of these flying brooms
  8. 15. A tiny human said to also come out on Halloween
Down
  1. 1. Tricks commonly played on people on this night are called...
  2. 2. What did people set on top of hills to reignite their autumn hearthfires?
  3. 3. There goes an unlucky black ...
  4. 5. A popular choice of costume to scare off Death.
  5. 7. Roman celebration of Pomona gave us "bobbing for..."
  6. 8. Busters
  7. 9. What kids hope for in the place of soul cakes.
  8. 13. The original celebration by the Celts in Ancient Britain and Ireland