Halloween – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:47:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Halloween – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 The History of Halloween https://brewminate.com/the-history-of-halloween/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:24:19 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=138367 Historical inspirations came before, but the word Halloween or Hallowe’en dates to about 1745. Introduction Halloween or Hallowe’en

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]]> How the God You Worship Influences the Ghosts You See https://brewminate.com/how-the-god-you-worship-influences-the-ghosts-you-see/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:33:36 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=39242 Gallowglass, CC BY-SA By Dr. Frank T. McAndrew / 10.25.2017 Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology Knox College If

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]]> How the Dead Danced with the Living in Medieval Society https://brewminate.com/how-the-dead-danced-with-the-living-in-medieval-society/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:33:14 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=39233 Detail of figures from the Dance Macabre, Meslay-le-Grenet, from late 15th-century France. Ashby Kinch, CC BY By Dr. Ashby Kinch

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]]> Tricking and Treating has a History https://brewminate.com/tricking-and-treating-has-a-history/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:30:47 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=39225 Halloween parade in New York. AP Photo/Andres Kudacki By Dr. Regina Hansen / 10.25.2017 Senior Lecturer in Rhetoric Boston

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