Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is the color of Fall, of harvest and black stands for death, decay and darkness.Black cats are believed to be witch's familiars who protected their powers. It’s also believed that witches sometimes move about in the guise of black cats.
If a person has a joint brow, hairy palms, tattoos, and a long middle finger, it indicates traces of a werewolf in him/ her.
For many decades, the United Nations Childrens' Fund (UNICEF) has given out boxes to children so that they can collect money on Halloween. During the 1950's, some US public schools prohibited these boxes, because they suspected it to be a Communist plot.
An old belief in England is that the best time to spot fairies is between twilight and midnight with the best days Halloween (October 31), May Day, Midsummer Day (June 24), Lady Day (March 25) and Christmas (December 25).
The school board of Hillsborough NJ shuns all religious observances in its premises. They have replaced Halloween with a ‘Fall Festival’ and Valentine's Day with ‘Special Person Day’.
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