#unfortunately pre Christian records in Ireland are practically non-existent bc the druids kept an oral tradition

[lesboslibra]

I appreciate this!

What's funny is that Halloween isn't a pagan holiday that got Christianized. It's far more likely to be the other way around lol. It's a Christian Holiday that Celtic people kinda slapped their traditions onto.

All Saints Day was a pretty big thing for medieval Christians. The catholics love spooky macabre shit. All Saints Day was when you prayed for the holy departed.

It's funny, the most "pagan" elements are actually trick-or-treating, (which started around the 16th-ish century as a practice called Mumming,) and bobbing for apples, which is an old Celtic divination method that became a fun game for family gatherings. All the spooky goth shit in Halloween is from the Catholics.