13 Not-So-Spooky Halloween Superstitions That You Should Be Aware Of
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One of the most popular Halloween traditions that people love is Trick or Treating. It’s a fun activity that is open to anyone and everyone—even pets! Your pets are very much allowed to participate as long as they are walking safely by your side and not eating candies willy-nilly.
This fine candy-giving tradition has existed since medieval times. Trick or treating was even known as “guising” in both Ireland and Scotland. Instead of asking for candy, people asked for money or food in exchange for poems, songs, or other tricks.
Trick or treating isn’t the only Halloween tradition that is thousands of years old. In fact, there are other superstitions out there that are roughly the same age. Scroll and read this short list.
Halloween Superstitions
- Black Cats: In the Dark Ages, many believed a black cat represented a bad omen.
- Bats: A bat circling your home is said to be bad news, while one entering suggests a haunted house.
- Jack O' Lanterns: Carve them to guide lost souls home and burn a candle inside to keep evil spirits away.
- Dressing up: Wear a costume to fool spirits walking among the living before they cause mischief.
- Blackberries: Some in the British Isles believe eating blackberries after Halloween is evil.
- Eat an apple: Eating an apple at midnight while wearing a bedsheet was once thought to prevent colds for a year.
- Owl hooting: Hearing an owl is a warning that a witch is approaching.
- Halloween birthdays: Babies born on this day are supposedly magical and can ward off evil.
- Spiders: Seeing a spider may mean a spirit of a loved one is watching over you.
- Rosemary and Silver: Place these under your pillow to see your future husband in a dream.
- Ghosts: If you see one, legend says to circle it nine times to make it disappear.
- Orange and black: Orange represents the harvest; black represents the "death" of summer.
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