It was believed ____ the Celts that on the night of 31st October, ghosts of their dead ____ ____ revisit the mortal world and large ____ were lit in each village in order to ward ____ any evil spirits that may also be ____ large. Celtic priests, ____ as Druids, ____ led the Samhain celebrations. It ____ have been the Druids who ensured that the ____ fire of each house was re-lit from the glowing embers of the ____ bonfire, in order to help protect the people and keep them warm through the approaching long, dark winter months. Originally celebrated on 13th May, it was Pope Gregory who ____ the date of the All Hallows’ feast ____ to 1st November sometime in the 8th century. It is thought that in doing ____, he was attempting to ____ the Celtic Samhain festival of the ____ with a Christian celebration. The night or evening of Samhain therefore ____ known as All-hallows-even then Hallow Eve, still later Hallowe’en and then of ____ Halloween. ____ in eastern Ireland, Halloween has traditionally ____ celebrated with ____ games such as bobbing for apples, ____ ghost stories and the carving of faces into ____ swedes and turnips. These faces would usually ____ from within by a candle and the lanterns ____ displayed on window ____ to ward off any evil spirits. These were known as Jack O' Lanterns. In the 1870s, hundreds ____ thousands of Irish moved to America to ____ the famine. They ____ the Halloween traditions where they were embraced and super-sized by Americans. Using a pumpkin instead of a turnip is an American ____

Halloween Upper Intermediate

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