The Bulldog's Bark

Halloween, the spookiest and most chilling night of the year, has roots dating from over 2,000 years ago. From ancient Celtic pagan rituals to Irish immigrants trying to scare away restless spirits, the night of October 31st has been molded by millennia of history. Samhain, the ancient Celtic festival that originally inspired Halloween, designated the end of harvest and the beginning of winter. It was believed that the boundary between the dead and the living became blurred