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Halloween in the United States has its roots in the traditions of European immigrants, particularly the Irish and Scottish.

Jeff Fager is a council member of Coven of the Blue Moon and on the board of the Blue Ridge Pagan Festival. Fager lives in Swannanoa, North Carolina, and his family lost most of their belongings in ...

Lisa Bitel, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (THE CONVERSATION) This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Irish often get credit – or blame – for the bonfires, pranksters, witches ...