The story behind Halloween, according to Barbara

A zillion years ago, when my kids were young,

we lived in Jamestown, R.I. for a short time.

During that time, Halloween came.

There was a beautiful woman name Barbara,

who was my brother’s sister in law.

She, also has a slew of kids, decided to

take the newbies (us) trick or treating..but

first we had to go to Mass. It was

All Hollow Eve, Mass.   And of course,

not being a Catholic, I had not a clue what

All Hollow Eve Mass was.  So she explain

it to me…

All Hollow Eve was when the people celebrated,

harvest and communicate with their love ones

who passed before.

So they would go to the grave site and celebrate

being close to their love ones..  They would

wear scary mask to scare off the evil spirits.

And bring treats to leave at the grave.. flowers

and etc. They would bring food in their festive

times…  and using cut out pumpkins with

scary faces to be placed in the cementary to

ward off the evil spirits..

I thought that was a pretty neat story. I think

She said it came from the Irish.. not really

sure, so don’t quote me.

So each Halloween, Barbara… I think of you

and the fond times we had together… I hope

your family follows thru with your thoughts.