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Samhuin is the beginning of the Celtic winter starting November 1st.
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What festivals are celebrated in Scotland?
Scotland celebrates much of the same holidays as the rest of the UK, but there are a few which are different in size or completely original. These include Burns' Night - January 25th - The birthday of 'The Bard', the national poet of Scotland, celebrated at Burns Suppers with poetry recitals, traditional music and dancing and the national Scottish dinner of 'haggis, neeps and tatties' Beltane - May 1st - An ancient Celtic spring festival not widely known, but celebrated by neo-pagans and Celtic revivalists. Glasgow Fair - Last fortnight of July - A few weeks of celebrations. Few now receive 'Fair Friday' off now. Samhuin - 31st October - The harvest festival counterpart to Beltane, and an alternative to Hallowe'en. Incidentally, Hallowe'en is traditionally associated with 'guising'; this involves performing a song or party piece at a house instead of the American 'trick-or-treating' St. Andrews' Night - November 30th - Patron saint's day in Scotland. Celebrated with a ceilidh (dancing) and sometimes a traditional dinner. Hogmanay - December 31st/January 1st - A celebration favoured over Christmas in traditional Scotland, but losing some of its precedence. The largest street party New Year celebrations in the world are still found in Edinburgh, however. A traditional meal of steak pie is often had, with several 'drams' of whiskey at midnight (and before, and after!).
Did they use a badger or a hedgehog instead of a groundhog on Groundhog's Day in Europe?
Europeans do not have an equivalent of Groundhog Day. In Canada and the US, Ground Hog Day is a silly annual festival, held in late winter, to 'predict" how soon Spring will come to the area, Groundhog Day in the US (as seen in the Bill Murray film) is 2nd February. Early in the morning, of the " Day ", a tame Ground Hog, is observed, to see if there is enough daylight for him " to see his shadow ". The result means either 6 more weeks of winter weather, or a earlier than normal spring thaw of the lakes and rivers, which are frozen in winter in Canada. A number of towns hold such a "Ground Hog Festival" as a tourist boost for the town. Some attract huge crowds, as much as 25,000 people to a town with a normal population of 5,000. The Day is allways held on a week end to get maximum attendance, and TV stations all ways send a camera crew to do a "live remote shoot". It is all in fun, and nobody takes it seriously at all. Pre-Christian Celts observed solar cycles halfway between each solstice and equinox; these are called Quarter Days. On Quarter Days, the "veil" between this world and the Otherworld or spirit world is thinnest. This is the best time to see into the future, with the aid of the spirits. On Samhuin (now Halloween) one dresses as a ghoul so that spirits intent on mischief would mistake you for one of their own and pass by. Groundhog day corresponds to Imbolc, therefore it has the prognostication aspect. Hedgehogs are "used" in Britain. Don't pick one up - they're loaded with fleas. The underlying principle behind Groundhog Day in North America was almost certainly brought over by settlers from western Europe. Both in England and Scotland there are old weather sayings about the same date (2 February) which is celebrated in many Christian traditions as the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the popular name for which is Candlemas. All these sayings are similar; one example is: "If Candlemas Day be fair and bright Winter will have another fight; But if Candlemas Day brings clouds and rain, Winter's gone and won't come again." The principle behind the rhyme is this: in NW Europe (including the British Isles), sunny weather in early February is normally associated with anticyclonic weather, which often persists for long periods and brings long periods of cold, frosty weather. Cloudy, rainy weather is usually associated with depressions coming in from the Atlantic and the weather is consequently less cold, snow and frost appearing only briefly, if at all. The important thing is that by early February the weather is normally set in a pattern in that one or other of the above types tends to persist, usually for several weeks.
Is Halloween the devils birthday?
"No, Halloween is not celebrating the devils birthday that's why some people don't celebrate it. The whole purpose is to dress up in evil costumes to scare everyone like the devil.So yes it is celebrating the devil's birthday."Only about one sentence of that paragraph is true. Halloween was originally All Hallows Eve, Halloween is said to be a time when all of the spirits have a chance to walk the Earth again (that is why we wear costumes).It is absolutely NOT the devil's birthday,and even if it was I would go trick or treating to celebrate HALLOWEEN not the devil's birthday!the last paragraph is false. only one sentence is true haha! October 31 is the most important day in the satanic year. [It is known as the devil's birthday.] It marks the Celtic new year. It was the end of the growing season. It became a festival of death. On this day, the god of the Celtics was to have called up the spirits of the wicked dead who had died during the past year. At the same time, other evil spirits arose and went about the countryside harassing the people. On October 31, the Celtics expected to be harassed by ghosts, evil spirits and demons; and it was no fun and games to them. They would light bonfires to guide the spirits to their own town and to ward off evil spirits. You can say its was all hallows eve all you want but before that name it was called samhin which mean the lord of death they only changed the name so it wouldn't sound evil. The witch covens have their great annual worship service and offer a blood sacrifice to Satan. All through the year the Satanists sacrifice cats, dogs, and other animals, but on the special day they offer a human being - one of their own children - which they select for this ghoulish murder! This is shocking! It is the Devil's birthday. Instead of "Halloween," perhaps it should be called "Hell-o-ween."Again calling your bluff. I am Wiccan and I openly celebrate Samhein. Samhein is the Witches New Year and as we don't believe in the Christian creation of the Devil it cannot be the "Devil's Birthday".From Wiccan.about.comHistory of SamhainSamhain is known by most folks as Halloween, but for Wiccans and Pagans it's considered a Sabbat to honor the ancestors who came before us. It's a good time to contact the spirit world with a seance, because it's the time when the veil between this world and the next is at its thinnest.Contrary to a popular Internet-based (and Chick Tract-encouraged) rumor, Samhain was not the name of some ancient Celtic god of death, or of anything else, for that matter. Religious scholars agree that the word Samhain (pronounced "sow-en") comes from the Gaelic "Samhuin," but they're divided on whether it means the end or beginning of summer. After all, when summer is ending here on earth, it's just beginning in the Underworld. Samhain actually refers to the daylight portion of the holiday, on November 1st.Sunset on Samhain is the beginning of the Celtic New Year. The old year has passed, the harvest has been gathered, cattle and sheep have been brought in from the fields, and the leaves have fallen from the trees. The earth slowly begins to die around us.This is a good time for us to look at wrapping up the old and preparing for the new in our lives. Think about the things you did in the last twelve months. Have you left anything unresolved? If so, now is the time to wrap things up. Once you've gotten all that unfinished stuff cleared away, and out of your life, then you can begin looking towards the next year.For some of us, Samhain is when we honor our ancestors who came before us. If you've ever done genealogy research, or if you've had a loved one die in the past year, this is the perfect night to celebrate their memory. If we're fortunate, they will return to communicate with us from beyond the veil, and offer advice, protection and guidance for the upcoming year.If you want to celebrate Samhain in the Celtic tradition, spread the festivities out over three consecutive days. You can hold a ritual and feast each night. Be flexible, though, so you can work around trick-or-treating schedules!So before you start putting stuff out there for people to read do some research. You can't believe everything you read on the internet and there is no reason to think everything is evil.no its not if u don't believe me u don't have to because the truth is on wikipedia. its not because the real name of the holiday is Hallow Eve, but someone rearranged the holiday to Halloween lying that its the devils birthday and all these lies. the meaning of the holiday is to celebrate the loved ones that died in heaven. some goof(s) turned the real holiday into a death feast that its apparentlly not. so don't believe those no affence, lunatics because they arent't reading the truth. don't believe anyone before they have checked their facts that they are WRONG!!!!No.No, it is a Pagan festival so just chill its a day to get candy and dress up but watch out last year some lady put crushed glass in her lollies once and children choked on it but she was arrested and the children survived.
