The Origins of Halloween

When were the Middle Ages?
1. Middle Ages (5th- 15th century).
What is Guising?
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Where did Guising originate?
1. Guising at Halloween in North America is first recorded in 1911, where a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario reported children going "guising" around the neighborhood.
Which play of Shakespeare's mentions Souling?
1. Shakespeare mentions the practice in his comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1593), when Speed accuses his master of "puling :whimpering or whining like a beggar at Hallowmas."
What is Souling?
1. services of the soul
Before carving pumpkins, what did people carve to use as lanterns?
1. before they carrying lanterns made out of scooped out turnips, visit homes to be rewarded with cakes, fruit and money.
When did trick-or-treating catch on in America?
1. Trick-or-treating in America as we know it today does not seem to have become a widespread practice until the 1930s, with the first U.S. appearances of the term in 1934.
What does the word "masquerader" mean?
1. is a party or other gathering to which the guests wear masks and costumes

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