Halloween

• According to the folk tale, after Jack died, he was denied entrance to Heaven because of his evil ways, but he was also denied access to Hell because he had tricked the devil. Instead, the devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the frigid darkness. The ember was placed inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it glowing longer. • 根据民间故事，杰克去世后，他被拒绝进入天堂， 因为他的罪恶行径，但他也不能下地狱，因为他 欺骗了魔鬼。相反，魔鬼给了他一个单一的余烬， 通过寒冷黑暗的路上。余火放在一个中空的萝卜 保持发光时间。
• One story says that, on that day, the disembodied spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year. It was believed to be their only hope for the afterlife. The Celts believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living. • • 有个故事说，在那一天，灵魂的所有那些谁在整 个前一年去世会回来寻找活体具备为下一年。它 被认为是他们对来世的唯一希望。凯尔特人相信， 空间和时间在此期间暂停，让世界的精神与生活 混为一谈。
• Probably a better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but so that all the Celtic tribes could relight their fires from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning in the Middle of Ireland, at Usinach. Some accounts tell of how the Celts would burn someone at the stake who was thought to have already been possessed, as sort of a lesson to the spirits. Other accounts of Celtic history debunk these stories as myth. • 也许更好的解释为什么他们的火是不灭的凯尔特人以阻止 精神占有，但所有的凯尔特部落可以重新点燃他们的大火 从一个共同的来源，德鲁伊之火一直燃烧在中东的爱尔兰， 在usinach。一些帐户告诉凯尔特人如何将放火烧死谁被 认为已经拥有的人，作为一种精神的一课。凯尔特人历史 上的其他帐户揭穿这些神话故事。
• The word itself, "Halloween," actually has its origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. But, in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. The holiday was called Samhain (sow-en), the Celtic New year. • 这个词本身，“万圣节，其实有其起源于 天主教教会。它来自一个腐败契约万圣节 前夕。十一月一日，“所有凹陷天”（或
• Naturally, the still-living did not want to be possessed. So on the night of October 31, villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes, to make them cold and undesirable. They would then dress up in all manner of ghoulish costumes and noisily paraded around the neighborhood, being as destructive as possible in order to frighten away spirits looking for bodies to possess. • 自然地，还活着的人不想被占有。所以在十月三 十一日的晚上，村民会熄灭家里的火，使他们冷 和不良。然后他们会穿上各种各样的伪装，在附 近大吵大闹，被破坏的可能吓跑为了寻找精神的 机构拥有
• The Romans adopted the Celtic practices as their own. But in the first century AD, Samhain was assimilated into celebrations of some of the other Roman traditions that took place in October, such as their day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple, which might explain the origin of our modern tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween. • • 罗马人通过自己的塞尔特做法。但在第一世纪，凯尔特同 化为庆祝活动的其他一些罗马的传统，在十月举行，如他 们的日子来纪念耶稣，罗马女神的水果和树。银色的苹果 标志，这可能说明我们现代传统起源咬苹果万圣节。
• The Jack-o-lantern custom probably comes from Irish folklore. As the tale is told, a man named Jack, who was notorious as a drunkard and trickster, tricked Satan into climbing a tree. Jack then carved an image of a cross in the tree's trunk, trapping the devil up the tree. Jack made a deal with the devil that, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise to let him down the tree. • 南瓜灯的习俗可能来自爱尔兰的民间传说。故事是这样的， 一个叫杰克，谁是臭名昭著的酒鬼和骗子，欺骗撒旦到树 上爬。杰克然后刻了一个十字架在树干上，捕捉魔鬼了树。 杰克作了处理魔鬼，如果他决不会引诱他，他会答应让他 下树。
• The custom of trick-or-treating is thought to have originated not with the Irish Celts, but with a ninth-century European custom called souling. On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes," made out of square pieces of bread with currants. The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a soul's passage to heaven. • • 不给糖果就捣乱的习俗是有思想的起源与爱尔兰凯尔特人，而是一种 欧洲习惯称为souling。在十一月二日，所有灵魂的一天，早期基督徒 会走村串乡乞求“灵魂饼，“的广场与葡萄干面包。月饼越灵魂会得 到的乞丐，更祈祷他们许诺代表捐赠者死去的亲属。当时，人们相信 死者留在冰封了死后的时间，而祈祷，即使是陌生人，可以加速灵魂 的通道天堂。
Hale Waihona Puke • The thrust of the practices also changed over time to become more ritualized. As belief in spirit possession waned, the practice of dressing up like hobgoblins, ghosts, and witches took on a more ceremonial role. The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840's by Irish immigrants fleeing their country's potato famine. At that time, the favorite pranks in New England included tipping over outhouses and unhinging fence gates. • • 推力的做法也改变了时间越来越仪式。作为信仰的实践精 神所有物苍白，打扮得像妖怪，鬼，和巫婆承担更大。万 圣节的习俗被带到了美国1840的爱尔兰移民逃离自己国家 的马铃薯饥荒。当时，喜欢恶作剧在英国包括推翻厕所， 拉开栅栏大门。