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8. | A name for a desguise that changes your identity or appearance on this day. |
9. | "Mashed __" - What a matchmaking cook would bury a ring into on Halloween night to find a true love diner. |
12. | The amount of money Americans spend on this holiday making it the second largest commercial holiday. (2 Words) |
14. | The original name for Jack-O-Lanterns (2 Words) |
15. | The main way evil spirits were kept away and the reason we associate bats and spiders as they went to this source of energy and light. |
16. | People of another country who felt triangles were sacred (Blessed and good for us). |
18. | The people who started the tradition leading to Halloween 2,000 years ago. |
19. | The holiday we know where we dress up in costumes and beg for treats from our neighbors. |
21. | The Roman goddess of fruit and trees, whose symbol is th apple (Hint: Her name you should know REAL well because of where you live). |
22. | A season associated with death by the Celts. |
25. | A gender in America that thought that on this night their future spouse would be revealed by doing tricks with yarn, apple parings, or mirrors. |
26. | "__ __ Eve" - Another name for All Saints Day. (Two words) (2 Words) |
28. | A state where Halloween was the strongest (Mentioned in the reading) |
32. | This area in America where Halloween was first celebrated due to Protestant beliefs. (2 Words) |
33. | The food that was given to beggars who would pray for the dead of the families who gave these small payments of food. (2 Words) |
34. | A name given to people from other countries who arrived in America. |
36. | The character Jack always had to trick to avoid death. |
37. | The joining of a man and a woman by ritual we associate with bells and white dresses. How a couple become husband and wife. |
38. | The Catholic sanctioned holiday most thought was made to replace the Celtic holiday. This holiday celebrated all the saints/martyrs who did not have a day dedicated to them. (Three Words) (3 Words) |