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Oct. 7th, 2007 08:58 pmDay 7! And we have more "what the heck is Samhain, really?" information. You gotta love conflicting resources!
From the Wikipedia article:
"In Irish, the festival is known as Oíche Shamhna (Night of Samhain), or simply Samhain; in Scottish Gaelic it is Samhainn or Samhain; in Welsh, Calan Gaeaf; "Allantide" to the Cornish and 'Hop-tu-Naa' to the Manx. Halloween is also called Pooky Night in parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit."
I'll have more about Hop-tu-Naa tomorrow, since that was a new one to me.
From the Wikipedia article:
"In Irish, the festival is known as Oíche Shamhna (Night of Samhain), or simply Samhain; in Scottish Gaelic it is Samhainn or Samhain; in Welsh, Calan Gaeaf; "Allantide" to the Cornish and 'Hop-tu-Naa' to the Manx. Halloween is also called Pooky Night in parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit."
I'll have more about Hop-tu-Naa tomorrow, since that was a new one to me.