Show Ol Origin Among Druids Halloween has its origin among the Druids centuries before the Christian era and from the Roman festival of Pomona Later the church adopted the day cay as p p. a special one and d the name is of Christian Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian origin referring to the eve of All Hallows Day DRUID CUSTOMS IS were so firmly entrenched that although the Ro Romans Romans ans their observance observanceS observances ob ob- ob- ob servance in both Britain and Ireland during their occupation many of the observances survive survive survive sur sur- vive to this tills day Halloween n nis is one To the Druids Oct was the end of the the- year and thus the festival The Druids also believed this tills was the time good souls of the dead went into animals especially the cat They believed pUl punishment of the wicked could be lightened by gifts and prayers The is also Protestant Reformation Reformation Reformation mation Day dating from Martin Luthers Luther's rejection in 1517 of the churchs church's teaching that one could buy indulgences for both the living and dead IN THE TIlE Ur United ted States the day has come to be associated with young people who gather in goodies in trick or treat calls-a calls vast improvement over the mischief and destruction of former years |