October the magic month of ghosts, ghouls and witches
is packed with superstition and trickery. The tradition
of Halloween began back in the fifth century BC by the
Irish Celts who organised their year according to the
agricultural calendar and marked the transition from
one year to the next on October 31. The story goes that
during the transition spirits would return to earth,
looking for living bodies to possess for the following
year. The Celts would then dress in ghoulish costumes
and parade around the community to frighten them away.
Years later the tradition of trick-or-treating is thought
to grown from a ninth-century European custom, souling,
when early Christmas would make house calls begging for
soul cakes. It was thought that even strangers could help
a soul’s passage to heaven by saying prayers so in
exchanges for a cake they promised to pray for the donor’s
deceased relatives.
THE WITCHES CURSE
EYE of a NEWT and TONGUE of a DOG
WOOL of a BAT and TOE of a FROG
LIZARDS LEG and a HOWLETS WING
Gather round the COULDRON and sing
Like ELVES and FAIRIES in a RING
Enchanting all that you put in
GUT of a toad and LIVER of a FROG
BLINDWORM dipped in a smelly BOG
HORN of a STAG and EYE of a DEER
Half a pint of HOMEMADE BEER
Add there to a TIGERS CHAUDRON
For the INGREDIENCE of our COULDRON.
I hope you enjoy the rest
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