AUTUMN

CELEBRATIONS

31 October

Hallowe'en is an old Celtic festival.

Witches, monsters, vampires and

ghosts are in the streets.

( In fact they are children in masks

and costumes.)

They visit houses and they say :

` Trick or Treat ?'

People give them fruit, nuts, money

or sweets.

The jack o' lantern is a Hallowe'en tradition, too.

Guy Fawkes Night

5 November

Guy Fawkes is a celebrated English

Witches, monsters, vampires and

In 1605 Fawkes ( a Catholic) and a

group of friends decided to blow up

the ( Protestant) Houses of Parlia-

ment.

Today, children make an effigy

( a Guy) and say : `A penny for the

Guy !' People in the street give

them money. At night they burn

The effigy on a big fire and have

fireworks.

WHERE ?

Hallowe'en is an important festival in Ireland, Scotland and Wales

( the Celtic countries) and in the USA.

Guy Fawkes Night is not. Guy Fawkes Night is an important

festival in England, but Hallowe'en is not.

Autumn Celebrations worksheet

	Hallowe'en	Guy Fawkes
month
day
origin	Historical: yes no Celtic: yes no	Historical: yes no Fawkes was: Catholic Protestant Date: What did he do ?
Countries where celebrated	- - - -
What do the children do ?	- -	- -
What do they say ?
What do people give them ?	- - - -
What do they make on that occasion ?
Children are dressed up (they have costumes)	Yes no - -	Yes no

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