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» Norfolk News Sport Weather Travel Entertainment Features In Pictures Faith Kids Voices Abolition BBC Local Radio Site Contents Contact Us Like this page? Send it to a friend! Voices: This Norfolk Life You are in: Norfolk > Voices > Voices: This Norfolk Life > This Norfolk Life: The Window of My Dreams The Window of Dreams This Norfolk Life: The Window of My Dreams by Victoria Louise Commons "I spend most of the time inside because of my disabilty, so I thought I would write about that," said 28-year-old Victoria. The window opens up a world to me like bars on a prison cell. I see an old man who digs his garden to tend to his vegetables. He stands, looks up and waves. Then I smell the cooking of dinner next ...1150 days ago
Halloween The History ............................................ The history of Halloween in Scotland begins with the ancient Celtic religious celebration of Samhain (summer's end). One of the two greatest annual Druidic festivals (Beltane is the other), Samhain marked the end of the light half of the year and the beginning of the dark half. Samhain is the Celtic new year celebration. Beginning on the evening of October 31 (the Celts counted their days from sunset to sunset, just as the bible does), the festival would last three days (perhaps longer). However, the name 'Halloween' has distinct Christian origins. The Roman Catholic Church incorporated the festival into the Christian calendar, as a way to try and stop what were perceived at the time as non-Christian celebrations. On 1 November 731 AD, All Saints' Day (All Hallow's Day) was declared . Therefore, October 31 became All Hallow's Eve. This became shortened shortened in time to Halloween, and has been ...
