🎃 Happy Halloween! 👻 Hi everyone, Peter here! I’m half Irish, half French, and I teach both English and French. With that background, I couldn’t resist sharing a few Halloween traditions you might not have heard of… Halloween has a few surprises up its sleeve! Some English-speaking countries celebrate Halloween in ways that are quite different from the familiar American tradition of dressing up, carving pumpkins, and going trick-or-treating. 🇮🇪 1) Ireland — lanterns and lucky loaves 🕯 Turnip lanterns: Before pumpkins became popular, people carved faces into turnips to make spooky lanterns. If you think a pumpkin looks creepy, wait until you see a carved turnip! 🍞 Fortune-telling bread: Families eat barmbrack, a fruit bread that traditionally contained hidden objects believed to predict someone’s future. A slice of bread with a side of destiny! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 2) Scotland — earn your sweets! Scotland has a tradition called guising, which is similar to trick-or-treating, but with an extra challenge. Children dress up and visit people’s homes. Traditionally, they have to tell a joke, sing a song, recite a poem or perform a trick to earn their treats. Imagine having to tell a joke before receiving your sweets! Suddenly, remembering the punchline becomes very important. 😅 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 3) Wales — the lucky stones In an old Welsh custom, people wrote their names on stones and threw them into a Halloween bonfire. The next morning, they searched the ashes for their stones. Finding your stone was believed to bring good luck for the coming year. You’d certainly have a reason to get up early the next morning! 🇮🇲 4) Isle of Man — Hop-tu-Naa On 31 October, people celebrate a traditional festival called Hop-tu-Naa. Children traditionally carry carved turnip lanterns from house to house while singing a special song. The celebration is linked to the island’s older New Year traditions. More turnips, more singing… pumpkins don’t get all the attention here! 🇫🇷 A little aside from my French half: Halloween is much less of a tradition in France. Some people join in, but don’t expect every doorstep to have a pumpkin waiting for you! 🎃 How do you celebrate Halloween in your country? And would you have a joke ready if you had to earn your sweets? Let us know in the comments! 👇 - Happy Halloween from all of us at Native Way! +7 (916) 625-89-99 native-way.ru Uniting Teachers & Students 🔗

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