Day 31- Trick or treat👻🍭 Halloween has its roots in Samhain, the end of summer and beginning of Celtic new year. It was believed that on this day of October 31, the dead were roaming the earth, on a mission to possess the living. So, in an effort to ward off evil, people would dress in ghoulish costumes and make frightening noises.
The idea of trick or treating came from the 9th century practice of ‘souling’. Christian children would walk the streets in their village singing and saying prayers for the dead in return for ‘soul cakes’, these were made from breads and currants. When a loved one was deceased, people would offer prayers to get their souls to Heaven as quickly as possible. The more prayers that were given, the more soul cakes they received. This idea evolved into trick or treating.
In Scotland, youths went house to house in white with masked, painted or blackened faces.
In parts of Wales, peasant men went house to house dressed as fearsome beings called gwrachod, or presenting themselves as ghosts.
According to greek literature, a similar custom can also be found in the ancient times of the Greek island of Rhodes in which children would go from door-to-door dressed as swallows, singing a song, and threatening the owners of the house to cause mischief if not given food.
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This is the last painting for this years #mabsdrawlloweenclub
Thanks to @mabgraves for this challenge and to everyone who’s supported me this month! Have a happy halloween🖤❤️🎃
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Texts compiled from:
Happy Halloween The Legend of Trick or treating- Christa Thompson, Wikipedia.org