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Halloween traditions: everything you wanted to know

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What Are Some of the Early Halloween Traditions?

Ali Louisa on Instagram has asked what were some of the earliest Halloween traditions that we know about. We're looking at sort of echoes of old Catholic festivals at this time of year, which might be lighting of candles and things like that. In Scotland, we have evidence in the 18th century, the 19th century of people gathering together on Halloween as well. Still to come on the history extra podcast.

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