I’ve been reading recently about how the UK suddenly seems much more interested in Halloween than it was a couple of years ago.

I’m glad – coming from Ireland, where I feel spooky season is a bigger deal, I’ve found myself missing trick-or-treaters, themed parties, and pumpkins.

Perhaps that’s because the holiday has its origins in Ireland’s Oíche Shamhna, or Samhain, where the walls between this world and the next are said to be extra-thin.

The holiday’s huge success in the US meant parts of the American customs got drip-fed back to Ireland, but some traditions like delicious báirín breac (barmbrack) lasted.

One change I appreciate, however, is the shift from historic haunted turnip heads to today’s pumpkin jack-o’-lanterns.

What?

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