16 Creepy Halloween Customs and Superstitions around The World
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1. In Mexico, ‘El Dia los Muertos’ starts on October 31st and ends on November 2nd
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2. In Ireland, where it all started, Halloween is celebrated with lots of games and tricks.
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3. In China, Halloween is celebrated as Teng Chieh.
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4. In Germany too, the people pray for the souls of the dead in Halloween.
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5. In Hong Kong, Halloween is celebrated as the ‘festival of the hungry ghosts’.
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6. In Austria, bread, water and a lighted lamp are left outside the house on Halloween to welcome the dead souls to the earth.
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7. In Scotland, the tradition is to peel an apple and throw the peel behind you.
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8. In UK and North America
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9. Have you ever wondered why there is a burning candle kept inside a jack-o-lantern?
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10. Another Halloween superstition is that if you hear footsteps behind you on the day it is celebrated
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11. An old Celtic custom was to light big bonfires on Halloween.
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12. It is said that if you’re born on Halloweeen, you can both see and talk to spirits.
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13. Fancy a rendezvous with a witch?
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14. For good luck, many people believe that lighting orange candles and letting them burn till morning is auspicious.
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15. Some people believed that on Halloween, owls would dive down and eat the souls of anyone dying that night.
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16. It is also believed that if bats circle your house three times on Halloween night, death is inevitable.
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