Oíche shamhna cetlic new year eve ( halloween)

October 31st

In Scotland and Ireland, Halloween is known as Oíche Shamhna, while in Wales it is Nos Calan Gaeaf, the eve of the winters calend, or first. With the rise of Christianity, Samhain was changed to Hallowmas, or All Saints Day, to commemorate the sou

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