Halloween Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 10/28/2017
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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Halloween is a celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain; that such festivals may have had pagan roots; and that Samhain itself was Christianized as Halloween by the early Church. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, divination games, playing pranks, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories and watching horror films. In many parts of the world, the Christian religious observances of All Hallows Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead, remain popular although elsewhere it is a more commercial and secular celebration.

Origins: From at least the 16th century the festival included mumming and guising in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Wales. This involved people going house-to-house in costume  usually reciting verses or songs in exchange for food. It may have originally been a tradition whereby people impersonated the "the souls of the dead" and received offerings on their behalf. Impersonating these beings, or wearing a disguise, was also believed to protect oneself from them. It was not until mass Irish and Scottish immigration in the 19th century that Halloween became a major holiday in North America. Confined to the immigrant communities during the mid-19th century, it was gradually assimilated into mainstream society and by the first decade of the 20th century it was being celebrated coast to coast by people of all social, racial and religious backgrounds. Jack-o'-lanterns are traditionally carried by "guisers" on All Hallows' Eve in order to frighten evil spirits. In Ireland and Scotland, the turnip has traditionally been carved during Halloween but immigrants to North America used the native pumpkin, which is both much softer and much larger making it easier to carve than a turnip. The American tradition of carving pumpkins is recorded in 1837 and was originally associated with harvest time in general, not becoming specifically associated with Halloween until the mid-to-late 19th century.

How To Observe It: Trick-or-treating,  attending Halloween costume parties, carving pumpkins, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

In Film: Halloween, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ghost Busters, Young Frankenstein, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, Dracula.


In Song: Monster Mash (Bobby Pickett), This is Halloween (Danny Elfman), Thriller (Michael Jackson).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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