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Glaic t1_itkb5r2 wrote

Reply to comment by dutchwonder in Halloween in Scotland: 13 ancient customs and concepts of Celtic Halloween by MeatballDom

In America? Because it was in its swing far longer than a couple of hundred years in Scotland (and I'm sure Ireland, but I'm not Irish so don't know for sure).

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AramaicDesigns t1_itkz9fh wrote

The very first recorded instances of anything like the modern secular Halloween celebrations ("guising"/costumes, etc.) is in the late 1700s early 1800s. The first solid example in the west is a newspaper article from Canada in the 1910s.

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Glaic t1_itl18gi wrote

Wait... you mean the time Martin Martin and the like actually started visiting these remote regions and writing down their customs..? Funny that.

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