The BOO in the Room Imagine if Halloween as we know it was entirely different? What if Halloween colors were green and yellow instead of orange and black? Well, orange and black are the main colors of Halloween because death is mostly represented through the color black. Like at a ceremony for a person who has passed on. Orange traditionally represents harvest where the Celtics lived, such as England, Scotland, Ireland, and northern France, is where the ancient Celtic people lived. On October 31st, or the eve of the Celtic’s new year, they thought that the world of the dead and the living merged. In 800 AD, Halloween we know today began, and Christians finally reached the Celts. The Christians sought out to Celts’ Samhain festival (pronounced
“That’s high, he just may have missed it, I don’t know Bo Jacksons back, leaps and he makes the catch Bo Jackson timing that high drive by Jack Clark perfectly, robs him of a home run and that retires the side.”(Bo Jackson Robs Jack Clark of Homer.) This was just one of Bo Jacksons many highlights from his years with the Kansas City Royals. Bo Jackson was active in baseball from 1986 to 1994. (Bo Jackson Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com). Of those nine years he played five of them at the Kansas City Royals. Based on his personal stats, the titles and awards he has won with the team, and his activities off of the baseball field throughout those years makes Bo Jackson
Keeping his promise to his mother before she died, Bo went back to Auburn University to graduate in december nineteen ninety five. During physical therapy for his injury, he told his mom, because she wasn't doing well, “When I get back to playing baseball the first ball I hit is for you.” Bo was up to bat with the Chicago White Sox. The pitch. Bo hits the ball and it’s a home run! Bo’s first at bat since his injury and he hits a
Have you ever wondered what Bo Jackson could have done in his sports career if he would have got hurt? Vincent or otherwise called “Bo” Jackson was born on November 30, 1962. Bo went to McAdory high, where he was known as a legend to all his peers for outrageous things he did. Bo is said to have been ”caught throwing rocks at the Baptist minister’s hogs. The boy had killed several of the pigs…”, things such as this shows that Bo has had this freakish unusual athleticism since he was a young boy. Bo had a poor home life but his momma like all momma’s took care of their kids and made sure they didn’t realize the financial side of life. Bo was a trouble maker, and would beat up other kids in the neighborhood. “His brothers called him a ‘wild boar’” these are examples of how people saw him and not in a good way.
Burner 1 Jayson M. Burner Mr. Gregory Keck English 7A 12 February 2016 Bo Jackson Bo Jackson is considered by many to be one of the greatest athletes of all time. He was an all-star baseball player, and an all-star football player. Ironically, according to him, “football was only a hobby”.
“TOUCHDOWN BO JACKSON!” the NFL announcer is going wild, screaming into his headset about how Bo just broke two tackles and ran 50 yards for a touchdown. The screen is showing an instant replay, highlighting Bo as he breaks through the line. In the late 80’s and early 90’s every time a sports channel came on it was something about the invincible Bo Jackson. The rising star of both the NFL and the MLB. Bo Jackson was a legend. Bo Jackson was a hero because even from a young age he was capable of great deeds, he grew up to be the heroic warrior everyone knew he could be on the field, and he became a national hero.
Along the Little Miami river lays an unincorporated community called Kings Mills, Ohio. To put it into perspective this community lies less than a mile east of Kings Island, the renowned amusement park. Kings Mills is home to many urban legends, spook stories, and haunts. Many of which can be googled however, this one cannot.
La dia de los Muertos dates back to as early as the maya and aztec days, nearly 3,000 years ago. “The Aztecs didn’t fear death. They believed the way a person died determines their type of afterlife.” (Sarah Massey) Families place alters in their homes with favorite foods of the deceased people, sugar skulls with their name on it, special possessions of the loved ones, and Pan de Muerto (bread of the dead). On the altar are four special elements, water, wind, fire, and earth. Candles represent fire, food represents the earth. Halloween dates back to the celt days, about 2,000 years ago. They lived in what now is known as Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. They gathered on October 31st to celebrate the end of the harvest season. The celts believed that spirits roamed the earth on this night. Celts out food out for the spirits, this was the first form of trick or treating. Some dressed up as the dead to scare away the spirits. They carved turnips and put candles in them to make lanterns. This tradition continued when the immigrants came to America, but pumpkins were easier to find so they carved pumpkins. They swapped scary stories and had a big feast. Roman Catholics began to celebrate All Hallows’ day on November 1st, October 31st became All Hallows’ Eve, later shortened to
The fear of Halloween can stem from a dislike or fear of the holiday's history. The root word of samhainophobia is Samhain, which is a Celtic word meaning summer’s end. They celebrated Samhain with huge bonfires where crops and animals were sacrificed. The Celts believed that on Samhain the veil between the land of the living and dead was thin, which allowed for ghost, spirits, and the devil himself to pass through to the land of the living. It was also believed the Druids-the Celts priest-could predict the future on Samhain. The Celts wore costumes both as disguises and for performing the sacrifices at the bonfires. Eventually Rome conquered the
The first documented instance of Halloween was found in Irish and Scottish historical documents that placed the first mentioning of Halloween type celebrations about 2,000 years ago. This celebration was the Celtic holiday of Samhain. Samhain was a very important holiday for the Celtic people. These people were entirely dependent on the land for survival. This dependency demonstrated itself with the number of nature gods that the Celtic people worshipped. During Samhain, it was assumed that
2) Support (Evidence) The celebration takes place at midnight on October 31st and goes on through November 1st and November 2nd. It is designed to honor the dead souls who, it is believed, return to their earthly homes on Halloween. Many families construct an altar to the dead in their homes to honor deceased relatives and decorate it with flowers, favorite foods and drinks of the departed (Markello). Some other decor are the widely known sugar skulls which represent the celebration of life and death. They can all be made differently in colorful and creative design combinations to personalize the skulls after the person they are made for. The intent of all this is to encourage visits by the souls, so the souls will provide protection, good luck, and wisdom to their families.
First is the history of Halloween all according to a 2017 article from LiveScience by Benjamin Radford. Around 2,000 years ago in the United Kingdom Ireland, and the northern part of France the people called the Celts started this holiday. They called it Samhain back then instead of Halloween. November 1st marked their new year which resulted in them celebrating on October 31st. The New Year brought wintertime which to them meant death. On the night before winter which was October 31st, they believe that the spirits of the Dead came back. They wore costumes, put on bonfires, burned crops and sacrificed animals. When the Romans
Halloween is a festival of Celtic cultures and with a long tradition in Anglo-Saxon countries such as Ireland, the
Irish immigrants moved to America. They told everybody about Hallow's Eve. The American people said they wanted to call it Halloween instead of hallow’s eve.
The Celts would leave wine and bread outside of their homes for the dead because they believed that on October 31st the dead would arise and roam as ghost. So when people would step out of their house on that day, they would put on masks to try and blend in with them. In the 8th century (701-800) they changed Samhain day to All Saints/All Hallows Day.
Bannatyne also pointed out, “Halloween is association with food, fortunetelling and other otherworldly likely began with the marking of summer’s end and the beginning of the dark season” (Bannatyne, 2), which indicates that the Samhain is not only the day of celebration but also the beginning of