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Halloween/Superstition True or False Quiz

 

  1. Putting out food to appease spirits led to the Halloween tradition of trick-or-treating.
     
  2. If you see a black cat, your best plan is to keep on walking as quickly as you can.
     
  3. Jack-o-lanterns have always been carved from pumpkins.
     
  4. Friggatriskaidekaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th.
     
  5. Halloween costumes originated as a way to fool evil spirits.
     
  6. Left-handed people used to be punished for using their dominant hand because left was the side of evil.
     
  7. During the Celtic festival of Samhain was the most difficult time for evil spirits to cross over to our world.
     
  8. The word salary evolved after salt was added to the payments to Roman soldiers.
     
  9. To the Celts, a bonfire represented the sun.
     
  10. Turnips were originally carved for Punky Night.
     
  11. Pumpkins are carved with scary faces to scare away evil spirits.
     
  12. Burning the pieces of a mirror you have broken will prevent the bad luck.
     
  13. The Druids believed that cats were humans who had been turned into felines for evil deeds.
     
  14. Silver is a sure way to hurt fairies in Scotland.
     
  15. Nov. 1 was the beginning of the Celtic new year.


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