Irish American Heritage Museum to hold family event “Your Heritage…Pass it on”

Albany museum to hold “Halloween Discovery Day: Celtic Origins”

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Albany museum to hold “Halloween Discovery Day: Celtic Origins”, bring the whole family and share in your hertiage

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is only possessions were a turnip with a gouged out centre and a burning coal, thrown to him by the Devil. He put the coal inside the turnip to light his way through the dark countryside where he still wanders.

COSTUMES (“GUISING”) & TRICK OR TREATING

The origin of Halloween 'trick or treating' can be traced to a Celtic tradition of dressing in a disguise – “guising” – as part of the Samhain (see above) harvest festival celebrations that included costume gatherings, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, storytelling, etc.  In their “guise,” people went out into the villages to collect eggs, nuts and apples from the individual cottages.  These offerings from cottage residents were meant to bring to the “giver” some protection from bad luck such as damage to crops or livestock in the next year.  Those who were miserly in their offerings were likely to have a trick played on them. These pranks were harmless enough, but intended to cause confusion, such as changing the direction a house or farm gate opened.

Please call ahead (427-1916) to let the Museum know you’re joining us so we can plan to have enough for all the children!  The special event is FREE, with FREE PARKING on Albany streets around the Museum. Please do not park in the private lots behind the Museum.

For more information visit www. irishamericanheritagemuseum.org or email info@irishamericanheritagemuseum.org.

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