Samhain In Ireland: Halloween's Origins

The origin of Halloween was the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain (pronounced sow-en), the time where the harvest ended, and winter began. It was also viewed as the time where the living and dead interacted with eachother, and the dead caused mayhem for the living, from crop failure to disease. People would dress up in masks, veils, or cloaks to impersonate the evil and the dead, and the tradition was carried down through the ages. These traditions were eventually brought to America after mass immigration in the 1800s.