Happy Halloween
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 6:24 amGoodly morning all... 
Today is one of my favourite times of the year..."Halloween"...
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/canada/halloween
Later today the Old Girl and I shall mosey over to the Royal Canadian Legion and help decorate for the Trick or Treat children arriving in costumes just as soon as the sun goes down.
There will be a few things for them to do:
-apple bobbing
-musical chairs
-parade of costumes
-best costume award...every child wins...
...Wonder how come I never get a prize 
-much more...
We have already heard that some of our grandchildren will be arriving in our area....
They are all like their grandmother "the Old Girl" a real witch...
Not sure what you folks here will be doing tonight for Halloween but I shall be trying to steal candy from the children much to the annoyance of the Old Girl...
From the above Link:
Background
Halloween has Celtic origins. In pre-Christian times, many people believed that spirits from the underworld and ghosts of dead people could visit the world of the living on the night of October 31. These spirits could harm the living or take them back to the underworld. To avoid this, people started dressing up as ghosts and spirits if they left their homes on October 31. They hoped that this would confuse the ghosts and spirits.
Halloween was also a time, when spirits might give messages to people. In some areas, it was traditional for unmarried girls to poor molten lead into water. The shape that the lead took when it hardened was seen as a clue to the professions of their future husbands. Halloween traditions were brought to Canada by Irish and Scottish immigrants. Halloween is now celebrated in a range of other countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia
Today is one of my favourite times of the year..."Halloween"...
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/canada/halloween
Later today the Old Girl and I shall mosey over to the Royal Canadian Legion and help decorate for the Trick or Treat children arriving in costumes just as soon as the sun goes down.
There will be a few things for them to do:
-apple bobbing
-musical chairs
-parade of costumes
-best costume award...every child wins...
...Wonder how come I never get a prize -much more...
We have already heard that some of our grandchildren will be arriving in our area....
They are all like their grandmother "the Old Girl" a real witch...
Not sure what you folks here will be doing tonight for Halloween but I shall be trying to steal candy from the children much to the annoyance of the Old Girl...
From the above Link:
Background
Halloween has Celtic origins. In pre-Christian times, many people believed that spirits from the underworld and ghosts of dead people could visit the world of the living on the night of October 31. These spirits could harm the living or take them back to the underworld. To avoid this, people started dressing up as ghosts and spirits if they left their homes on October 31. They hoped that this would confuse the ghosts and spirits.
Halloween was also a time, when spirits might give messages to people. In some areas, it was traditional for unmarried girls to poor molten lead into water. The shape that the lead took when it hardened was seen as a clue to the professions of their future husbands. Halloween traditions were brought to Canada by Irish and Scottish immigrants. Halloween is now celebrated in a range of other countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia
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