Halloween Tales and Legends – Blog

Halloween is celebrated annually on October 31st, the celebration started with the Irish and reached other continents through the immigration process. It was precisely in North America that the tradition became strong with several themed films and children in costumes on the streets. It is said that on this day the link between the world of the dead and the living becomes weaker and strange things happen… Do you know the main ones? Halloween tales and legends?

Halloween is full of chilling stories and many traditions: costumes, scary makeup, visiting haunted attractions, gathering groups to listen to stories or watch horror movies, orange pumpkins and many children repeating the famous phrase “trick or treat” (trick or treat, in English). So, are you ready to see some Halloween tales and legends? Watch out for the dark…

Halloween Legends – The Old Lady in the Graveyard

“In one city there was a skinny old lady, tall, all disheveled, looking like she was about 90 years old. Every night with a full moon she appeared in front of Cruz Cemetery and stayed there begging.

One day a group of students threw a party at Stilus Halloween, a dance club near Cruz Cemetery. It was a sinister, chilling party that got the crowd excited. The party went on until the wee hours of the morning, when the gang decided to go home.

On their way back from the party, they passed in front of the cemetery and saw an old lady begging for alms. The boys thought it was very strange, but as they were kind, they went there to see her and one of the young people asked:

– Aren’t you afraid to stay here until this time of night?

She then replied: – When I was alive I had it. Hearing this, everyone ran away.”

Halloween Legends – The Tree

One night, a boy went to visit his grandfather who was sick. The two talked for hours until at one point the grandfather made a big request to his grandson:

“I want you to promise me something.”

“Of course, grandpa.”

“I’m going to ask you something very serious: promise you won’t go near that tree on Halloween. ”

“What?”

“That lonely old tree by the way out of town. There’s a legend that a guy was hanged there on Halloween, about 100 years ago. Since then it has become an evil tree.”

“How can a tree…”

“Shhh, I’m telling you. When I was your age, my friends and I did a challenge to see who would carve their name into the top of the tree. There was nothing wrong with that, until Henry Phillips decided he would be the first. Without saying why, Henry gathered everyone there on Halloween night and started insulting the tree. We held his pocketknife and his lighter as he tied a rope around a rock and then dropped it over a branch.”

“When everything was ready, he was pulled to the top and disappeared among the branches and leaves. Then, after a while, we heard some noises coming from above and we thought he had started to carve his name into the trunk. That’s when we heard a scream, as if he had seen a ghost. His lighter came falling branch by branch, with Henry’s body soon after. I will never forget the noise! CRACK! CRACK! So puff! He hit the ground, dead.”

“What happened?”

“That’s what I wondered. So the next morning I went up there myself to see what was up there. Do you know what I found, carved into the trunk? ‘Here lies Henry Phillips.’ With date and everything. As if it were a tombstone. exact date and time of day.”

“Why does Henry suic…”

“He didn’t. It was a message from the tree to Henry. Do you know how I know?”

“As?”

“Henry forgot the switchblade with me. It was still in my pocket when he went upstairs.”

Fun facts about Halloween

• The orange pumpkins with candles inside are for Jack to escape from the darkness. Know your story
• The main colors of Halloween are purple, orange and black.
• Because it was a pagan festival, it was condemned in Europe and whoever celebrated the date was persecuted and condemned to the stake.
• The Irish who took the party to the United States were fleeing the famine their country was going through.
• Pumpkin also symbolizes fertility and wisdom.
• People dress up on Halloween to avoid being possessed by evil spirits
• They say if you want to meet a witch on October 31st, just put your clothes inside out and walk backwards.
• Some Brazilians question the fact of celebrating Halloween in Tupiniquim land, since we have a great diversity of folklore. Thus, October 31st was decreed as the national day of Saci-pererê

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