Samhain: Gaelic festival
Samhain is the Gaelic celebration at the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter.
It is pronounced SOW-in. This festival is also celebrated in Paganism and Wicca. It is now known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve and celebrated on the 31st of October.
Legends
A common legend on Samhain is that it is easy to talk to the dead. One way to do this is by using a Ouija board, a wooden board with numbers and letters on it.
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