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Guess again! The holiday's oldest roots stretch back more than 2,000 years to Ireland and Scotland, where people once celebrated an ancient festival called Samhain (pronounced \"SOW-in\") . In the Irish language, Halloween night is still called Oiche Shamhna, which means \"the night of Samhain. \" Long before candy corn existed, families across these misty green islands marked the end of the harvest season and the start of the dark winter months.  \nThat end-of-harvest feeling brought neighbors together around enormous bonfires.  \nCommunities would gather on hilltops as the flames crackled and orange sparks drifted into the cold autumn sky. People believed the fires offered protection and light during the darkest part of the year, when the sun set early and the fields went bare. Can you imagine standing in a field at night, warmed by a fire taller than a person, while the whole village sang and told stories? For our ancestors in Ireland and Scotland, this glowing gathering was the heart of the celebration.  \nThe firelight also lit the faces of children going door to door, a custom called guising. Instead of simply shouting \"trick or treat,\" young guisers had to earn their reward by performing a song, a poem, a joke, or a short dance for the neighbors who answered the door. They dressed in disguises so they would not be recognized, which is exactly where the word \"guising\" comes from. When millions of Irish and Scottish people moved to America in the 1800s, they carried this custom across the ocean with them. Over time, guising slowly transformed into the trick-or-treating that kids know today.  \nThose early guisers didn't carry pumpkins, either, because pumpkins are native to the Americas and didn't grow in Ireland or Scotland. Instead, people carved lanterns out of turnips, hollowing out the hard root and cutting spooky faces into its pale skin. Carving a rock-hard turnip by hand was far tougher than scooping a soft pumpkin, so those lanterns were smaller and grimmer-looking. When immigrants reached America, they discovered that pumpkins were bigger, softer, and much easier to carve, and the jack-o'-lantern was reborn. People also played apple games, like trying to grab floating apples from a tub of water using only their teeth.  \nAlongside the apples sat another treat that made the holiday delicious and a little suspenseful. Families baked a fruity loaf called barmbrack, hiding a small ring inside the dough before it went into the oven. According to tradition, whoever found the ring in their slice was said to be the next to marry, which turned every bite into a tiny game of chance. These customs still matter because they remind us that a holiday shared by millions began as a way for communities to face the long, dark winter together. So the next time you light a jack-o'-lantern, remember it once flickered inside a turnip on an Irish hillside long ago.  \nHalloween in Ireland and Scotland  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) What is the central idea of this passage?\u003Cbr>A. Halloween was invented by American families in the 1800s.\u003Cbr>B. Bonfires are the only tradition that survived from ancient times.\u003Cbr>C. Many familiar Halloween customs began long ago in Ireland and Scotland.\u003Cbr>D. Pumpkins have always been the most important part of Halloween. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What point of view does the author express about these customs?\u003Cbr>A. They were mainly created to sell candy and costumes.\u003Cbr>B. They are outdated and should be replaced by newer traditions.\u003Cbr>C. They were too dangerous for children to take part in.\u003Cbr>D. They still matter because they helped communities face the dark winter together. |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.  \u003Cbr>6.   |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 3) Why did young gui","cbCaiavyGb6QFlFl","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiavyGb6QFlFl","pdf",99303,"English","# Reading Comprehension Questions\n## Main idea and author’s perspective\n## Guising and language meaning\n## Traditions: bonfires, lanterns, apple games, barmbrack","[{\"question\":\"What is the central idea of the passage?\",\"answer\":\"Many Halloween customs began long ago in Ireland and Scotland, not in America.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did young guisers perform songs, poems, jokes, or dances at neighbors’ doors?\",\"answer\":\"They had to earn their reward by performing for the neighbors.\"},{\"question\":\"According to tradition, what does finding the ring in barmbrack mean?\",\"answer\":\"The finder was said to be the next to marry.\"}]","Halloween in Ireland and Scotland - Unit 1 - Reading Comprehension Questions | PDF",1790807056,18]