1. If a candle flame suddenly turns blue...there's a ghost nearby!
2. In north America if a black cat cross's your path, it's bad luck.
In Britain or Ireland, A white cat is bad luck and a black one is good luck!
3. Ringing a bell on Halloween will scare away evil spirits!
4. If you see a spider on Halloween it could be the spirit of a loved one watching you.
5. A person born on Halloween can see and talk to spirits.
6. To ward off evil spirits walk around your home three times backward going counterclockwise, before sunset on Halloween.
7. Knocking on wood keeps evil spirits away.
1. People were so afraid of being buried alive in the 19 century, that emergency
air supplies and alarms were put in coffins
2. Apocolocynposis is the fear of turning into a pumpkin!
3. The world's largest pumpkin was grown in Lowville, New York in 1996.
It weighed 1,061 pounds.
4. The word "Goblin" comes from French Folklore. Goblins were believed to inhabit households by both helping { doing chores at night }
and playing pranks on the residents.
In England they were called a "brownie"; Germany it is "kobald";
and in Russia it is a "domovik".
5. Dracula was a real person who lived in the 15th century.
It was a nickname given to a ruthless Romanian prince
who was known for impaling his enemies on sharp stakes.
His other nickname was Vald the Impaler.
When British author Bram Stoker wrote a vampire story,
he based his fictional story on the real-life prince.
6. The word "witch" comes from wicce,
an Old English word meaning "one who practices magic".
7. October is the tenth month of the year, but the word actually comes from the
Latin "octobris mensis", meaning eighth month. It was named this
because the original Roman year began in March.
8. The world's largest Jack-O-Latern was 827 pounds
and was carved in Nut Tree,Califoria in 1992.
9. Chocolate is toxic to dogs. Do not share your Halloween candy
with your pet or it may die!
10. Bogeyman was originally part of the game of golf. In the 19th century par was
the score of an imaginary player named Colonel Bogey.
Today a bogey is a score of one shot over par.
11. You can make a carved pumpkin last longer by coating it
with petroleum jelly or furniture wax.
12. The American Crow can grow up to 21 inches long.
13. Crows use about 23 different calls to communicate. The crow was a Hindu
messenger of death and a norse symbol of fertility.
Dates in Vampire History
1047 = Upir {vampire in Russian} appears in written form referring
to a Russian prince
1428 = Vlad Dracul's son, or Vlad the Impaler, is born
1600-1800 = Europe and Russia are plagued with superstition about the vampire
1897 = Bram Stoker publishes Dracula
1931 = Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi is released
1970 = The Vampire Research Society is founded by Sean Manchester
And A Vampire by Any Other Name.....
Australia = yara-ma-yha-who
Bulgaria = obur
France = melusine, lamiai
Germany = nachtzehrer
Italy = vampiri
Mexico = tlahuelpuchi
Romania = strigoi
Russia = uppyr, upir
