Guy Fawkes Day

Halloween is a extremely new holiday in New England, and wasn't at length impressive inside until the 19th century to the same degree immigrants from Ireland and Scotland brought their traditions with them.Other than, Guy Fawkes Day (a.k.a Pope Day or White meat Day) was impressive annually on November 5, until it was eclipsed by Halloween. The two holidays back some gripping similarities. (FYI - Guy Fawkes was a Catholic double agent who plotted to hang the Sovereign and Parliament of England with a contained keg of gun powder, but was blocked. The holiday celebrates the leftover of the Sovereign and the Parliament.)Guy Fawkes Day was impressive as last as 1893 in Newburyport, MA and Newcastle and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Men and boys in costume would fairly as well as the streets vehicle straw effigies (called either "guys" or "popes") which they would destroy on a flare. Boys what's more carried lanterns impressed from pumpkins, blew horns, and went prayerful for money and construct from exit to exit. (B.A. Botkin quotes out of the ordinary sources on this).The pumpkin lanterns, bonfires, costumes and the prayerful all became Halloween traditions. The anti-Catholic ambiance of Guy Fawkes Day joyously died out, allegedly equally of the brunt of Catholic immigration, but what's more possibly equally the Catholic French were instrumental in quota the American Colonies in their war versus England.Attractively, Alice Morse Earle in her 1893 book Nation and Fashions in Old New England writes that the prayerful of "shabby fantastics" (i.e. kids in costumes) on Thanksgiving Day (!) was a relic from Guy Fawkes Day. Lesley Pratt Bannatyne explanation that costumed prayerful was complete in New York Urban for Thanksgiving as well. I assumption it's and no-one else only this minute that fool or treating has been imprisoned to Halloween.

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This Month On Ghost Hunting Theories And Syfy 31 Days Of Halloween

It's that glorious time of the year when smart channels know we want horror 24/7. Thank you Syfy for always getting that!

NEW YORK - September 13, 2013 - Syfy's sixth annual 31 Days of Halloween will unleash nearly 600 hours of bloodcurdling programming throughout the entire month of October, led by Halloween-themed episodes of Ghost Hunters (October 30) and Naked Vegas (October 29), a Scare Tactics marathon (October 28) and a trio of original horror movies including Zombie Night (October 26) starring Darryl Hannah, Anthony Michael Hall and "Mrs. Partridge," Shirley Jones!

31 Days of Halloween will include the Syfy premieres of Psychosis (October 5) and Night of the Demons (October 10), an evening of Nicholas Cage flicks - Drive Angry and Ghost Rider (October 27) - as well as marathons of the series Being Human (October 18), Friday the 13th: The Series (October 11), Ghost Whisperer (October 10) and Forever Knight (October 4).

HIGHLIGHTS OF SYFY'S 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN (ALL TIMES ET/PT)

"SCARECROW" - Original Movie Airs Saturday, October 5 at 9PM - A group of teens and their teacher are stranded in the countryside when they discover that the local legend of a murderous scarecrow creature is real - and the creature's after them. Scarecrow stars Robin Dunne (Sanctuary) and Lacey Chabert (Family Guy).

"GRAVE HALLOWEEN "- Original Movie Airs Saturday, October 19 at 9PM - An American college student studying in Japan risks her own life to save the spirit of her dead mother who killed herself in the notorious real-life Suicide Forest. Grave Halloween stars Cassie Thomson (Big Love) and Graham Wardle (Supernatural).

"ZOMBIE NIGHT "- Original Movie Airs Saturday, October 26 at 9PM - Two families in a small American town face off against zombies in a long night of horror, torn between helping each other and saving themselves. Zombie Night stars Darryl Hannah (Kill Bill), Anthony Michael Hall (The Breakfast Club) and Shirley Jones (The Partridge Family).

"SCARE TACTICS "- Original Series Airs Monday, October 28 from 8-11PM - Tracy Morgan hosts a special marathon of all-new episodes of Scare Tactics, the hidden camera show with a sci-fi twist that pulls outrageous pranks on unsuspecting friends and family. In these new episodes, our subjects will be subjected to post-Voodoo ceremony zombie attacks at a cemetery, a meat-eating fly experiment gone horribly wrong and a homicidal comedian at a comedy award show that Tracy "hosts."

"NAKED VEGAS "- Original Series Airs Tuesday, October 29 at 10PM - Set amidst the fast-paced glitter of life on the Las Vegas Strip, Syfy will transport viewers inside the provocative and imaginative world of body painting art in this new six-part docuseries. Just in time for Halloween, the first episode follows the Naked Vegas Team as they plan an over-the-top zombie-themed wedding at Eli Roth's Goretorium at Planet Hollywood. Not only does the wedding couple want to stagger down the aisle in zombie body paint, but they want the entire wedding party painted to match the theme! Can the Team pull off this challenging make-up assignment - and convince the wedding party to go naked?

"GHOST HUNTERS "- Original Series Airs Wednesday, October 30 at 9PM - To help put fans in the trick or treat mood, Ghost Hunters presents an especially spooky investigation the eve before All Hallows' Eve. In the episode, titled "Hyde and Seek," lead investigator Jason Hawes and the TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) team head to Cooperstown, New York, for their most anticipated investigation location of the season: Hyde Hall. They're there to look into claims that the infamous mansion was cursed by its former owners during a family feud, and during the investigation, the team comes face-to-face with threatening paranormal activity. Throughout the episode, TAPS will also share personal Halloween messages with viewers at home.

This Halloween month, Ghost Hunting Theories is going to have Halloween for Adults. There will be some nostalgia, some very dark scary subjects, how to have more adult-like Halloween parties, costumes, and how to get into the season to a degree that borders on worship.

You will find extensive lists of movies to watch based on the post of the day. So, if the post got you in the mood for a subject, say ghost ships - there will be a lengthy list of movies to check out. I want everyone to get into the mood, dive into the season, and swim around naked in all things Samhain.

I also suggest these sites for Halloween:

Pumpkinrot

Octoberfarm

The Misadventures of the Halloweenut

Credit: my-spiritual-path.blogspot.com

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