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Fireworks will not be sold to anyone under 18years of age. All fireworks conform to BS 7114

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LUXURY NURSING AND RESIDENTIAL CAREFOR THE ELDERLY

OPEN AFTERNOON andHALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS

with vocal entertainer and hot food and drinks available.

Sunday 31 Octoberfrom 2.30pm onwards in the Nursing Home.

Enquiries to the Home Manager, tel: 01226 207916

Saturday 30th Octoberfrom 5.30-8.30pm

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DALE TAVERNFriday 29th October:

KIDS’ HALLOWE’ENNIGHT

7.30 p.m. – 10.30 p.m.Fancy Dress Prizes

Children must be accompanied by an adultFriday 5th November:

FIREWORKS DISPLAYFrom 7.30 p.m.Food available

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Bonfire, FireworkDisplay & Funfair

BARNSLEY ROUND TABLE

Bonfire, FireworkDisplay & Funfair

Saturday, 6th Nov. at Locke ParkGATES OPEN/FUNFAIR 6.00pm

FIRE 7.15pm • FIREWORKS 8.00pm

Parking £3.00 • Adults £5.00, Kids £3.00Under 5s FREE, Family Ticket £10

(2 adults + 3 children)No sparklers or alcohol allowed.

HALLOWE’EN is hereagain on Sunday, provid-ing the perfect excuse toplay some spooky games.

In America Hallowe’enis huge, with lots of chil-dren dressing up to goaround playing ‘trick ortreat’ on neighbours.

While the Americanshave exploited the com-mercial aspects ofHallowe’en, it all startedwith the Celts, ancientinhabitants of Britainwho celebrated their newyear on November 1.

The festival marked theend of the ‘season of thesun’ and the beginning of

Are you inthe spirit forfright night?

Glowing smiles: Jack O’Lanterns are a Hallowe’en tradition with Celtic roots.

the ‘season of darknessand cold’. On ‘new year’seve’, October 31, it wasbelieved that Samhain,Lord of the Dead andPrince of Darkness, calledtogether all the dead peo-ple.

On this day the Druids,who were the priests andteachers of the Celts,would meet in sacred oakforests, light fires andoffer sacrifices.

Before dawn theydanced around the fires tomark the passing of theseasons.

When the morningarrived the Druids would turnips to use as lanterns

on Hallowe’en. Now theyuse pumpkins – anotherAmerican import.

According to an Irishlegend, Jack O’Lanternswere named after a manwho could not enter heav-en because he was a miserand could not enter hellbecause he had playedjokes on the devil. Soinstead, Jack had to walkthe earth with his lanternuntil Judgement Day.

The tradition of dress-

ing in costume forHallowe’en has bothEuropean and Celticroots.

On Hallowe’en, when itwas believed that ghostscame back to the earth,people thought that theywould encounter ghosts ifthey left their homes.

To avoid being recog-nised by these ghosts,people would wear maskswhen they left theirhomes at night so theghosts would mistake

them for fellow spirits.Trick or Treat was first

known as Mischief Night.Hallowe’en was a time

for making mischief –many parts of the coun-try still recognise thisdate as Mischief Night –when children wouldknock on doors demand-ing a treat and people

would disguise them-selves as witches, ghosts,goblins and sprites, inorder to obtain food andmoney from nervoushouseholders.

So when you get readyfor your party, rememberyou are celebrating a fes-tival that goes back thou-sands of years.

give an ember from theirfires to each family whowould then take themhome to start new cook-ing fires to keep thehomes warm and freefrom evil spirits

In 835 AD the churchmade November 1 achurch holiday to honourall the saints – All Saints’Day.

It also used to be knownas Hallowmas or AllHallows, and the eveningbefore gradually becameknown as All Hallow’sEve then Hallowe’en.

But what is behindmany of the activitiesassociated withHallowe’en today?

Many people make JackO’Lanterns.

People once carved outbeets, potatoes and

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