HaLLOWEEN

People often think that Halloween is an American holiday. But in fact,

it comes from the Celts who lived in England, Ireland and Wales.
No one is sure how old Halloween really is but its probable origins were
back to BC times. In this time, there was
a festival. Its name was Samhain
and it celebrated the start of a New Year.

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holiday vacances
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were back remontent
there was il y avait
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New Years Eve rveillon

Halloween was their New Years Eve.

believe croire

The Celts believed that the night before each

between entre

New Year a door opened between this world

a place un lieu

and the Otherworld - a place where

a spirit un esprit

supernatural spirits, good and bad, lived.

the most la plus

They believed that October 31 was the most

expose exposer

dangerous night in the year. That night, people

entire entier

were exposed to the entire supernatural world.

dont do ne font pas

the same as comme

Today, people don't do the same as the old Celts: they don't have a big

leave laisser, quitter

good meal before winter and don't leave their houses cold and without

without sans

light for the night, so spirits don't want to live there.

light - lumire

This day, the souls of dead people can come back if they find a person to soul me /dead mort
stay in his or her body. However, wearing scary masks and costumes

if si / find trouver

to make the spirits go away is an old Celtic tradition.

however cependant

Today, people and especially children like Halloween costume parties.

wear - porter

They dress up as witches, vampires and ghosts, but also heroes.

scary effrayant

Children in masks go from house to house and when the door opens,

dress up se dguiser

they say: Trick or treat! If they don't get sweets, they do something

witch sorcire

bad, for example throw eggs at the house.

ghost fantme

Typical symbols of the holiday are horror characters: spiders, black cats,

sweet - bonbon

witches and ghosts, but also big orange autumn vegetables: pumpkins.

throw jeter

You can cook excellent pumpkin soup or bake a pie, and make a lantern

pumpkin potiron

from the peel.

cook cuisiner

Why pumpkins? No one knows! It's a history mystery! But most probably,

bake - cuire

pumpkins replaced turnips, which is the vegetable people used to carve

during the ancient New Year festival.
The United Kingdom and the USA
celebrate Halloween every year
on the last October day.

a pie une tarte

make - faire
peel corce
turnip navet
carve sculpter
last - dernier

True or false?
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6.

Halloween est une fte amricaine.

La tradition des soires costumes vient des Celtes.
Les gens ftent halloween pendant lhiver.
Les enfants disent un bonbon ou un sort pour recevoir des citrouilles.
Si les esprits voient les masques effrayants, ils sen vont.
Les esprits peuvent rester parmi nous sil trouve un appartement.

Answer the following questions in French!

1.

Dou vient et de quand date la fte dHalloween ?

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2. A quoi correspondait cette fte?

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3. Explique ce quils appelaient lAutre Monde.
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4. Quelle mchante chose font les enfants qui les gens ne donnent pas de bonbons ?
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5. Quels sont les symboles dhalloween ?
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6. Quels sont les trois choses que tu peux faire avec un potiron?
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7. Dou viennent les citrouilles?

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A scary night - games

Match the words and the pictures.

PUMPKIN

BAT
HAT

WIZARD
BROOMSTICK

GHOST

WITCH
CAULDRON
BLACK CAT

Vocabulary list
a pumpkin
a hat
a black cat
a ghost
a cauldron
a witch
a bat
a broomstick
a wizard

Halloween word search

How many vocabulary words can you find in this puzzle using the word bank below?
Words go in many directions.
Combien de mots de vocabulaire peux- tu trouver dans le puzzle en utilisant la liste de mots ci- dessous?
Les mots vont dans toutes les directions !

candy = .
cauldron = .
costume = .
dark = .
haunted = .
make- up = .
October =.
party = .

pumpkins = .
skull = .
tombstone =.
treat =.
trick = .
vampire = .
witch = .
zombie = .