Put succinctly, the history of Halloween as we know it is a muddy, confusing collection of practices that probably owe more ...

The word “Halloween” comes from “All Hallows’ Eve,” meaning the evening before All Saints’ Day on November 1. People in Scotland were the first to use this term, with “hallow” translating to saint and ...

The horrible history of Halloween goes back around 2 millennia to the Celtic festival of Samhain. Learn all about it.

Ireland once had its own indigenous legal system, called Brehon law, originally written between the 7th and 8th centuries.

Halloween is celebrated every October 31. It's a time for dressing up, scaring yourself and devouring a ton of candy. But do ...

Halloween’s roots lie in a Celtic holiday honoring the dead, later adapted by the Catholic Church as a time to remember saints. Today it’s largely a secular celebration – one that gives people from ...