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... in addition to flowers and butterflies...and you can send free holiday e-cards like this one from the National Wildlife Federation's website. And while you're there, you can look into how to get certified as a Wildlife Habitat. At my house at Halloween, the spiders and the spiderwebs are real....bwa ha ha ha ha haaaa!!!

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Folk traditions are a long way from today's blockbuster horror films, as seen by Burns' poem and Anne Beale's "Welsh Halloween":
""Hallowe'en" by Robert Burns. Recorded by: Maureen S. O'Brien. This Robert Burns poem chronicles Halloween divination customs still alive in his time in rural parts of Scotland. He also chronicles the associated party!"
""A Welsh Halloween" by Anne Beale. The chapter All Hallows Eve from Traits and Stories of the Welsh Peasantry is a wonderful short story about a Welsh Halloween party, and some spooky Welsh stories about the night."
In the Irish tale of Jamie Freel we notice that our hero, after the rash error of judgment due to his youth, rescues the young lady from the wee folk, and good triumphs in the end.
""Jamie Freel and the Young Lady" by Letitia MacLintock. Read by Roy Trumbull. On Halloween Jamie Freel accompanies the wee folk as they fly to Dublin and steal a young lady and leave behind a stick which assumes the shape of her corpse. Jamie rescues her and eventually is able to bring her back to her family who are convinced she is dead."
Fast forward to the present and this foaming at the mouth sermon. The man is clearly insane. I wouldn't let anyone under the age of 18 listen to this hate speech.(click on read more if you want to hear it and don't say I didn't warn you)Happy Halloween!

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From National Geographic Kids site: I can't help myself...they're just so cute and adorable!!!


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This article shows that whenever someone can discriminate.. they will. No matter how peaceful or gentle this belief in nature is.. it has to be hurt.

And for the record no pagan or wiccan ever worshiped the Christian devil. Here is the article:

http://independentsources.com/2005/11/02/where-is-the-rosa-parks-of-witches/

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Samhain What is that and what does it mean?

Samhain, (pronounced SOW-een, SAH-win, or SAM-hayne) is considered the Celtic (and nowadays Pagan) New Year, and is the third and final Harvest, taking place in the midst of Autumn. The name actually means "End of Summer", with the dark winter half of the year (the half of the Year ruled by the Holly King rather than the Oak King who rules the Light half of the Year) commencing on this Sabbat.

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