A distinctive Halloween custom is the making of jack-o’lanterns, nowadays usually from pumpkins but originally from neeps (turnips). Which figure from Irish folklore is associated with the origin of the jack-o’lantern?
Halloween is also called All Saints Eve (or All Hallows Eve), because November 1 is All Saints Day. The following day, November 2, is also traditionally celebrated in parts of the British Isles. What is it called?
The Village Halloween Parade in New York City’s Greenwich Village is world-famous for its stupendous scale, with fifty thousand performers and two million spectators present. The parade was originated in 1973 by a:
Over the years Halloween has inspired not just children, artists and merrymakers, but also American inventors. Three of the following Halloweenish innovations are actual patented inventions. Which one did we make up?
