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Halloween . JUSTIN, EMMA, AND KELLY 1/6/11. How Halloween started. People were afraid when plants started dying Evil powers brought the dead out People wore costumes to scare away the dead. Pumpkins!. A carved out pumpkin is called a jack-o-lantern A candle burns inside the pumpkin
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Halloween JUSTIN, EMMA, AND KELLY 1/6/11
How Halloween started • People were afraid when plants started dying • Evil powers brought the dead out • People wore costumes to scare away the dead
Pumpkins! • A carved out pumpkin is called a jack-o-lantern • A candle burns inside the pumpkin • The pumpkin glows in the dark
Witches! • Witches magic was tested by sorcerers with magic and medicine • Witches can tell fortunes • Witches are evil
Colors of Halloween! • The color black stands for a witches cape,death, and the wiches companion the black cat • The color orange stands for pumpkins and fruits of the fall
Ghosts! • A waving branch or a stir in the bushes is concidered a ghost
Works Cited • Barth, Edna, and Ursula Arndt. Witches, pumpkins, and grinning ghosts: the story of the Halloween symbols. New York: Clarion Books, 1972. Print. • Cooper, Paulette, and Errol Cain. Let's find out