{"id":977,"date":"2025-10-31T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=977"},"modified":"2025-10-31T16:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:00:01","slug":"31st-october-2021-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/31st-october-2021-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween October 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween_19-1024x597.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween_19-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween_19-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween_19-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween_19-1536x896.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween_19.jpg 1766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From the Perpetual Almanack of Folklore by Charles Kightly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I began my perpetual Almanac of the Past four years ago on the 31st October 2021. This was the first line:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8216;This blog is to celebrate the Year. I will post, hopefully, once a day, so we can follow the seasons, as they happen naturally, and as people in Britain and Ireland have responded to the changes in the year.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It was inspired by Charles Kightly&#8217;s book, which is a pot-pourri of folklore taken mostly from old Almanacs. I haven&#8217;t managed, yet to create a post for every day of the year, nearly managed it in the winter but falling behind in the Summer when I take Road Scholar groups around the UK. My plan is to fill in the gaps, improve posts and get rid of typos. Another aim is to add more London-specific content.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-03-18-09.47.06-643x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of Charles Knightly's Perpetual Almanac\" class=\"wp-image-2000\" style=\"width:292px;height:465px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-03-18-09.47.06-643x1024.jpg 643w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-03-18-09.47.06-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-03-18-09.47.06-768x1224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-03-18-09.47.06-964x1536.jpg 964w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-03-18-09.47.06-1285x2048.jpg 1285w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021-03-18-09.47.06.jpg 1444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cover of Charles Kightly&#8217;s Perpetual Almanac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I started on Halloween because Samhain (pronounced Sow-in) was the beginning of the year for the Celtic world.  It may mean Summer&#8217;s End.  In Wales, it is Calan Gaeaf (first day of winter) and Kala Goafiv (beginning of November in Brittany).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why did the Celts start their year at such an unlikely time? A clue is that they began the next day at dusk. The Sun dies at dusk so it is the end of the day, and the next day begins with the death of the old day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the New Year begins with the Death of the Old Year. Now that might suggest the Winter Solstice as the best time to start the year as this celebrates the death of the old Sun. (see my winter solstice post <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/december-31st-new-years-eve\/\">here<\/a><a href=\"here:\"> :<\/a>) But, the end of October has, perhaps a better claim.   The harvest is in, the fruits in the trees and the nuts are harvested, all the growth of the Summer is over and collected.\u00a0 Plants are mostly dead or dormant, except some evergreens. It is the end of the growing year. The seeds have fallen from the trees and shrubs and are nestling in the soil, ready to begin their cycle again. All is over and all is ready for the new year. Makes sense?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Celtic way also explains eves; Christmas Eve, New Year&#8217;s Eve, May Eve, All Hallow&#8217;s Eve.\u00a0 They are not the night before the day, they are the beginning of the day.\u00a0 This is when you begin the celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Romans, today is the day that Adonis is injured hunting a wild boar. Against his lover&#8217;s (Venus)&nbsp; advice, he descends to the underworld. Nature withers and dies until he returns from the underworld. His blood stains a flower and was transformed into the Crimson Anemone. There is a similar story in Babylon of Ishtar and Tammuz.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"423\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/by-Alexander-Marshall-crimson-and-other-anenomes-Binyon-1898-1907-Catalogue-of-drawings-by-British-artists-and-artists-of-foreign-origin-working-in-Great-Britain-5c-.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001\" style=\"width:333px;height:526px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/by-Alexander-Marshall-crimson-and-other-anenomes-Binyon-1898-1907-Catalogue-of-drawings-by-British-artists-and-artists-of-foreign-origin-working-in-Great-Britain-5c-.png 423w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/by-Alexander-Marshall-crimson-and-other-anenomes-Binyon-1898-1907-Catalogue-of-drawings-by-British-artists-and-artists-of-foreign-origin-working-in-Great-Britain-5c--190x300.png 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Alexander Marshall, crimson and other anemones <br>Binyon 1898-1907 \/ Catalogue of drawings by British artists, and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain (5(c))<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Adonis comes back on May Day when he meets Venus again, so the world flourishes and is bright and warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Julius Caesar says the Gauls venerated the God Dis Pater on this day \u2013 an aspect of Pluto, the God of the Underworld, ruler of the Dead.   There was a Roman Festival on the Kalends of November dedicated to Pomona, the goddess of the fruit of trees.  This may influence the use of Apples, which are prominent in Halloween festivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more about the origins of Halloween, please look at <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/all-hallows-day-november-1st\/\">my post on All Hallows Day<\/a> here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First written in 2021, and revised 2023, 4 and 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I began my perpetual Almanac of the Past four years ago on the 31st October 2021. This was the first line: &#8216;This blog is to celebrate the Year. 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