Halloween famously comes from the Celtic festival of Samhain, but does Samhain itself come from an Ancient Greek festival?
Halloween comes every year with treats, spookiness and costumes. But why do we celebrate it on Oct. 31? And what does Samhain ...
Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light ...
The untamed landscape of Ireland’s western coastline comes alive in the writings of the late John O’Donohue, an Irish priest, poet and author. There, in what he called a “crucible of Celtic ...
The very first Halloween celebrations trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which later morphed into All ...
This Halloween, as children dress as witches for trick-or-treating, a real witch in Wausau is celebrating the ancient Celtic festival that started it all.
From Fifth Avenue to Dorchester Heights, this St. Patrick’s Day will feature the traditional uilleann pipers and Irish step dancers; in Chicago the river will be dyed green, and in Washington DC the ...