Autumn and Halloween

[slohairt]

I know that Halloween has it's roots in Ireland, but it's not really popular here... The stores try to push it by selling cheap Halloween decorations and costumes, but nobody really celebrates it.

A disappointing reality today. Ireland (especially rural Ireland) has undergone much North Americanization over the last twenty or twenty-five years. The customs that my parents remember, and those even I remember are dying out at an alarming rate. Bear in mind, most of those customs bore only a superficial resemblance to the ones found here. All that seems to be left is a pale version of what it is here in Canada/U.S. Just one of the many reasons why I no longer live there...