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We all know that Halloween is an annual fall event looked forward to by many (especially candy manufacturers), but how did this autumn observance really begin? What were some of the ancient customs and traditions that have influenced our present day celebrations? This week, Tidbits reaches into our bag of tricks and treats you to some interesting explanations. • Halloween is believed to have its roots in ancient

Celtic culture. The Celts were a group of people that lived several thousand years ago in what is present day Ireland. They were farmers, and their original Halloween festivals were a celebration of summer harvest and a preparation for the difficult, cold winter ahead.

• The Celts believed that during this time of year the division between the known world and the spirit world became very thin, and departed souls might visit them. Huge bonfires were built to scare away any evil spirits. Interestingly, the word “bonfire” comes from the old word “bone-fire,” representing the bodies of sacrificial animals that were thrown into the fire. Special places were set at mealtime in remembrance of deceased relatives and friends.

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country made up of 26 counties and occupies most of the island of Ireland. Northern Ireland is a country comprised of six northern counties that remains part of the United Kingdom. The capital city of the Republic of Ireland is Dublin. Belfast is the capital of the northern region. The entire island is slightly larger than the state of West Virginia. Ireland is the third largest island in Europe and the 26th largest island in the world.

• Ireland was home to the Celts several millennia ago and is the supposed birthplace of of what we know today as halloween. St. Patrick spread Christianity to the island and, according to legend, beat the snakes from the area and into surrounding oceans. Today Ireland does not have snakes, but some knowledgeable sources say that it never was a home to the reptiles. Centuries old Irish folklore also holds that Leprechauns inhabit the island, hiding pots of gold and playing tricks on unwary citizens.

• Throughout the years, many people from Ireland have migrated to the United States. When the potato crops were decimated in the potato famine of the 1840s, More than 1.2 million Irish men, women and children left to seek their fortune in Britain or the USA. This pattern of migration continued until the 1990s. In spite of a recent baby boom and the return of many emigrants, Ireland’s population is still not as large today as it was in 1841, at the beginning of the potato famine.

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• Today over 40 million Americans claim Irish ancestry! St. Patrick’s Day is a prominent holiday in the United States, celebrated with numerous festivities, parades and merriment. Many famous poets and writers that we enjoy were Irish. William Butler Yeats, James Joyce and George Moore wrote about Irish life in works that gained international acclaim. Other distinguished Irish writers include Jonathan

1. U.S. STATES: Which of the Unit-ed States has the nickname “Equality State”?

2. MOVIES: What kind of creature is Pumbaa in “The Lion King”?

3. ART: What movement was Ameri-can painter Roy Lichtenstein associ-ated with?

4. LANGUAGE: What does the Greek prefix “macro” mean?

5. TELEVISION: Who was the star of “The Rockford Files”?

6. HISTORY: How long did the Spanish Civil War last?

7. INVENTIONS: When were pay telephones invented?

8. GAMES: In which game did Nin-tendo’s Mario make his appearance?

9. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capi-tal of Turkey?

10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What was the original name of Rut-gers University?

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3. Name the only place-kicker to win the NFL’s regular-season MVP Award.

4. What was the first men’s bas-ketball team to play in the NCAA and NIT postseason tournaments in the same season and win the NCAA crown?

5. When was the last time before 2010 that the Philadelphia Flyers reached the Stanley Cup Finals?

6. Name the NASCAR Cup driver who won the Coca-Cola 600 three times during the 1990s.

7. Who are the two tennis players who have won Wimbledon’s men’s singles titles seven times each?

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through 2010.2. Minnesota’s Bobby Darwin,

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1. Which Jackson sibling scored the most Top 40 hits?

2. Which of Madonna’s No. 1 hits stayed at the top of the chart the lon-gest? Bonus for knowing how many No. 1 songs she’s had.

3. Name the artist who had an album entitled “If I Could Only Remember My Name.”

4. What do U2’s 1991 album “Ach-tung Baby,” Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 album “Rumours” and Paul Simon’s 1986 album “Graceland” have in common?

5. What was the name of ZZ Top’s first album? When was it released?

6. Which band released “Hey Nine-teen,” and when?

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ted 30 hits to his 29.2. “Take a Bow” stayed at the top

for seven weeks in 1994, one of 12 Madonna chart toppers.

3. It was David Crosby’s solo debut album. The 1971 album reached No. 12 on the charts.

4. They’re all on the Vatican’s Top 10 Pop Albums list reported this year by official paper L’Osservatore Romano. No kidding. The paper is said to be attempting to be less stuffy.

5. Oddly enough, it’s called “ZZ Top’s First Album.” It debuted in 1971.

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2. What holiday does Mexico observe in place of halloween?

3. What candy bar is said to be the favorite treat for halloween?

4. What is the psychological term for a fear of halloween?

5. What nationality consumes the most candy each year?

“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” -- Thomas Jefferson

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Candles were lit and treats were left at the side of the road to assist their departed loved ones on their journeys. This harvest celebration was called Samhain (pronounced “sow-ween”), which meant “summer’s end.” It was truly a time of magic and superstition.

• As time went by and Christianity spread throughout Europe, customs evolved, and people in Ireland and other European countries developed their own unique ways of celebrating the end of summer and preparing for winter. Many old traditions focused on matchmaking techniques that were believed to assist eligible bachelors and bachelorettes.

• On Halloween in 18th-century Scotland, an unattached young woman was encouraged to write the names of prospective husbands on hazelnuts. She then threw the hazelnuts into a fire. The nuts that burned rather than popped or exploded identified the young woman’s husband to be. No mention is made of what happened if more than one nut burned.

• Another matchmaking technique in old Scotland was the eating of a combination of hazelnuts, walnuts and nutmeg before going to

bed on Halloween night. It was thought that the young woman who did this would dream of her future mate. Some may consider it alarmingly prophetic that the magical meal consisted primarily of nuts.

• A somewhat precarious practice was to walk backwards down the staircase to the darkened basement of a house while holding a mirror and following the reflected image. At the bottom of the stairs the likeness of their future husband or wife was supposed to appear in the mirror.

• In old England, men and women in search of a mate would count the number of puffs it took them to blow out a candle while wearing a blindfold. This number foretold the number of years it would be before they were wed.

• On Halloween, young women sometimes would peel apples and toss the long peel over their shoulder in hopes that the fallen peels would form the initials of their husbands-to-be.

• When did the custom of trick or treating begin? Trick or Treating is thought to have begun during All Souls’ Day celebrations several hundred years ago in England. All Souls’ Day was a religious holiday in Pre-Reformation England that honored the lives of those who had died. The poor would go from house to house offering to pray for the dead in exchange for money or “soul cakes,” which were a type of hot cross bun.

• When we think of a Jack-O-Lantern today, we usually think of a carved pumpkin. However, hundreds of years ago in Scotland and Ireland, children would make them out of turnips, which were a major food crop in the region. The children would hollow out the vegetables, carve faces on them and place a candle inside. Years later when many Europeans migrated to the United States, they discovered an abundance of large, easy-to-carve pumpkins, and the present day Jack-O-Lantern was born.

• Jack of Jack-O-Lantern fame was supposedly a very wicked man named Stingy Jack. This individual was said to be so bad that he was refused entrance to both heaven and hell. The devil didn’t want him but gave him a hollowed out turnip with a lump of glowing coal inside. Jack was doomed to roam the earth for eternity with his turnip to light his way. He was called

“Jack of the Lantern”, later shortened to Jack-O-Lantern.

• As an alternative to celebrating ghoulish ghosts and goblins, many Christian churches today choose instead to observe Halloween by inviting church members and the public to an annual “Harvest Festival” event. Families can bring their children for an evening of fun rides, supervised games and candy hunts. Usually held on secured church grounds, parents can keep a watchful eye as the costumed kids run excitedly from one attraction to the next, and leave with their bags fully loaded with goodies.

• Barnbrack is a kind of Irish fruitcake that is eaten on Halloween today. Small treats are wrapped and placed inside the cake before baking.

The word Halloween can be traced back to the 16th century Scottish “All-Hallows-Even”, the night before All Hallows Day. The spelling “Hallowe’en” was later used, dropping the “v”, until the apostrophe was eliminated entirely.

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• Ireland is currently the world’s largest exporter of software. That is largely because it’s the place where big American technology companies such as Microsoft and IBM send their software to be routed and exported to the rest of Europe and the Middle East.

• One is able to learn a lot about the culture of a people by reading their literature. The following is a random collection of old Irish sayings and proverbs that give much insight into the humor, wisdom and heritage of the Irish men and women of today:

There’s no fireside like your own fireside.

Never bolt the door with a boiled carrot.

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Everyone praises his native land.

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• It was British mathematician, historian, logician and philosopher Bertrand Russell who made the following sage observation: “Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half of the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.”

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• Statistics on sporting events show that 17 of the 20 sporting events with the most attendees every year are NASCAR races.

• Though coffee has been around for about 700 years, instant coffee was invented just more than 100 years ago, in 1906. By George Washington. Of course not that George Washington. The man who made coffee more convenient was from Belgium. • Albert Einstein’s theories of relativity suggest that the passage of time is affected not only by acceleration (a person traveling at the speed of light, for instance, will age more slowly than someone who is stationary), but also by gravity. Scientists using ultra-precise atomic clocks have proved that people who experience a stronger gravitational pull age more quickly. What does this mean for you? If you spend your life precisely at sea level and your twin lives at 1 foot above sea level, over the course of a 79-year lifespan a difference of 90 billionths of a second will develop between your ages.

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they have had to deal with the flocks of marauding birds that always arrive in great numbers to feast on the seeds and plants. Since the crops of those days were needed to feed the farmer’s family, the invading birds were much more than a mere nuisance. If they weren’t driven off they could destroy an entire planting of food needed to sustain the family through the cold and harsh winters. A device of some sort was needed to stand guard and keep the birds away.

• In ancient Greece, farmers carved scarecrows out of wood. They made these figures to resemble Priapus, who according to Greek myth, was the son of their god Dionysus and his wife, Aphrodite. It was said that Priapus was very ugly, so ugly in fact, that when the boy played in the vineyards, the birds would flee. This left the grapes on the vines unharmed and assured a good harvest. The Greeks took it one step further and painted the statues of the unfortunate lad the color purple and placed a club in one hand to make him look menacing.

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• Around 2,500 years ago, the Japanese developed a different kind of scarecrow to protect their rice fields from avian invaders. They hung fish bones, old rags or meat on bamboo poles in the rice paddies and then set them ablaze. These smouldering scarecrows smelled so putrid that even hungry birds couldn’t tolerate it. They were given the name “Kakashis,” which means “something that smells badly”.

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Dog trainer Matthew “Uncle Matty” Margolis is co-author of 18 books about dogs, a behaviorist, a popular radio and television guest, and host of the PBS series “WOOF! It’s a Dog’s Life!” Read all of Uncle Matty’s columns at the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com, and visit him at http://www.unclematty.com. Send your questions to [email protected] or by mail to Uncle Matty at P.O. Box 3300, Diamond Springs, CA 95619.

Routine Mammograms Target of Ongoing Debate Last year, the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force released several new recommendations for mammograms, igniting a passionate national debate on the risk and benefit of this treatment. A panel of medical experts analyzed the data on mammograms and, based on their findings, recommended that mammograms be done less frequently for women at low risk of breast cancer. They advised that there was no evidence of benefit for women over age 75, and that most women should have their first mammogram at age 50 rather than age 40. Many saw this as a personal attack against one of the holy grails of breast cancer prevention and, sadly, the argument was never truly resolved. However, more information recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine further casts doubt on the benefits of population-wide mammography, almost definitively showing that mammograms are of limited value in reducing deaths from breast cancer. This research was based on a study performed in Norway in the late 1990s. Norway rolled out a nationwide program for annual mammograms on women between the ages of 50 and 69. Because the program was implemented gradually it was possible to compare death rates from breast cancer in two groups of women, half of whom had mammograms while the other half did not. Those who did not have mammograms were carefully followed by a physician to detect cancer. A highly skilled multidisciplinary team of oncologists, radiotherapists and surgeons provided cutting-edge therapy for breast cancer in both groups. The patients receiving mammograms had a reduction in deaths from breast cancer of 10 percent, while those who did not receive the screening tests had a reduction in deaths of 8 percent. In other words, mammograms only contributed a disappointing 2 percent to the reduction in deaths. Despite exhaustive research and numerous clinical trials questioning the effectiveness of this breast cancer screening, mammograms remain a highly contentious issue among the medical community and the general public. Previous studies indicated that mammograms may contribute a 15 percent to 23 percent reduction in deaths, but this new data seem to link a greater cure rate to new treatments. The value of mammograms may be less today than it was 10 years ago. If mammograms only contribute to a 2 percent reduction in death, the negative effects of widespread screening become somewhat alarming. Mammograms would save less than one life if 2,500 women between the ages of 50 and 60 received a screening mammogram every year for 10 years. But of the 2,499 remaining women, more than 1,000 would identify a suspicious lesion that turned out be benign, and more than 500 would have a biopsy that proved to be negative. And there is also a suggestion that between five and 15 women would be overdiagnosed with breast cancer and be needlessly treated with surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy or a combination of

both. So what can we learn from this information? First, health care providers and the general public must become as educated as possible about the benefits and disadvantages of screening mammograms. Second, understand that once breast cancer is diagnosed, treatment by a highly skilled multidisciplinary team is critically important. There is merit to being treated at a breast center that may be affiliated with nationally funded cancer research groups. These centers practice in medical schools and many community hospitals and are uniquely suited to treat breast cancers. As more information becomes available, the recommendations of the task force become more rational. Mammograms in low-risk patients should begin at age 50 and should only be done every two years until age 75. High-risk patients should have the first mammogram at age 40 and have them annually until age 75. If a mammogram identifies a suspicious lesion that is proved not be cancerous, ask if the finding indicates an increased risk of cancer. Usually it does not, but if it does, screening mammograms may be needed more frequently. Confusion will likely continue to pervade almost every aspect of health care -- nothing is set in stone and medicine constantly changes. A rational and educated approach to health care is the key to assuring that every patient is treated appropriately. It is in our national interest to develop a health care system that practices the right care based on sound scientific evidence of benefit.

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30, 2009. That’s why you always read and hear about Social Security COLA announcements in October of each year. If you want to learn more about the CPI-W and what it measures, go to www.bls.gov. BLS stands for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a branch of the labor department. A year ago, I wrote the following in one of my columns: “A cost of living raise has been automatically added to Social Security checks every year since 1972. And that’s because we’ve had some degree of infl ation every year since 1972. But for the fi rst time in decades, we’ve actually experienced a year with no infl ation. So the government has announced there will be no COLA increases added to Social Security benefi ts in 2010.” Well, now it looks like we can ditto that for 2011. Because the Department of Labor could measure no infl ation for those “urban wage earners and clerical workers” between October 2009 and September 2010, by law, there can be no Social Security increase next year. But hold on! I wonder if members of Congress will stumble over themselves to pass some kind of token one-time payment for Social Security benefi ciaries. I assure you there will be lots of political pressure to do so. I feel just a small dose of that

pressure this time each year when my e-mail inbox overfl ows with angry letters from senior citizens. And almost all the e-mails have essentially the same message: “I think we deserve more money!” And here’s an interesting sidelight to that phenomenon: I get those messages even in years when Social Security recipients receive generous COLAs. I remember back in the late 70s and early 80s, when seniors were getting annual COLAs in the 10 percent and higher range, I still got lots of mail from ticked-off seniors who said it wasn’t enough. So you can imagine what my mail (let alone Congress’s mail) looks like when there is no COLA! And what does Congress do when senior citizens bark? They frequently jump! Here’s an example that shows just how high (or is it low?) they can go. When the automatic COLA law was originally passed in 1972, it included a provision that said COLAs would not be granted if the annual infl ation rate was less than 3 percent. At the time, infl ation rates were running near double digits, so that seemed like a reasonable provision that would never need to be implemented. But a little more than a decade later, the country was in a period of sustained low infl ation. And sure enough, in 1986, the CPI-W rate fell below 3 percent for the fi rst time. So, Congress (and bear in mind, it was a conservative Congress) quickly passed a law that granted annual COLAs to Social Security recipients no matter how low the infl ation rate might be. But even that generous law didn’t take into account what would happen if we had no measurable infl ation. Assuming the country swings conservative in the upcoming midterm elections, I think this will be one of the fi rst tests of their fi scal responsibility. Will they toe the line and say no to grandmas everywhere who will be demanding higher Social Security checks? Or will they wilt under pressure like a tea bag soaked in hot water?

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A: In today's fast-paced business world, many companies, especially retail businesses, are over-worked and understaffed with the goal of keeping their overhead costs down. While an automated call center may save them operating expense, it costs them in terms of customer-friendly public relations. If you do connect with a live person, chances are they are one of those overworked employees, and it might show in their manners and tone. However, that does not excuse poor customer service practices. To initiate a complaint, write out your problem and what you feel is a fair solution. This will organize your thoughts and speed up the process. Unhappy customers are often in a foul mood when they first call, so try to remain calm and be as polite as possible. You will stand a better chance of having the Customer Service Rep respond in a like manner. Few CSRs have decision-making power. If, after you have explained your problem and the CSR does not present a satisfactory solution, politely ask to speak to his or her supervisor. You may have to start your explanation again at square one, but be polite and keep your composure. You may also have to keep climbing the management ladder until your matter gets resolved. Fortunately, especially in the case of retail stores, their policy is to resolve a customer complaint as fairly and as quickly as possible. They realize that solving complaints will minimize unhappy experiences and retain their valued customers. Just “keeping your cool” will do a lot more good for you than losing it.

Q: My lady friend seems to think that I laugh more than she does, but I think she laughs more than I do. Although she doesn’t think her friends and family feel that she is funny, I certainly do. I think she has a great sense of humor and she always keeps me smiling when we are together. We are both in our 70s and we really enjoy each other’s company. We had a debate recently about who laughs more, men or women. She thinks that men do, and I think it’s just the opposite. In fact, I am sure I read once that women generally laugh more than men. You probably think it’s silly to be wondering about this, but I am really trying to win this point. Do you have any insight on this subject?

A: That is a good question, and I will have to admit that I don’t really have an answer for you. If I have to make a guess, I would have to assume that we both laugh equally as much. Both men and women often react to each other’s humorous comments and actions by adding a few of their own. Some experts believe most laughs occur when groups are enjoying each other’s company. The real stimulus for laughter is when you experience

humor with another person, according to intellectual wisdom. However, I will sometimes laugh at my thoughts even when I am alone (which can be a bit embarrassing sometimes). Most stand-up comics are male. Women show a preference for males who make them laugh. Another study indicates the laughter of a female reflects the health and well-being of their mate. Regardless of who laughs most, we all understand laughter is good medicine. Doing so helps us bond with family and friends. It improves our attitude, mental and physical health, and keeps us in balance. There are those who think that’s funny! According to Albert Schweitzer, “Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.”

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World’s Fair Potato Flask is a Hot Collectible Q: Enclosed is a photo of an item that is in my possession. It is a glass fl ask in the shape of a potato. The measurements are approximately 5 inches long by 3 inches wide. This brown fl ask is embossed and has a screw-on cap. One side says “World’s Fair,” while the other side is labeled with “1893.” It’s in mint condition. I would appreciate learning more about my fl ask.

A: You have a very nice souvenir from the Chicago Columbian World’s Fair of 1892-1893. The Columbian Exposition was a celebration of Columbus and the 400th anniversary of his discovery of America. Your potato fl ask is a hot collectible and would probably be worth $150 to $175.

Q: I still have a tin, windup roller coaster toy that was given to me for my birthday in the early 1950s. It has the original two cars and box. The frame is decorated with scenes of children playing arcade games. On the side of the roller coaster, there is a shield with the words: “J. Chein -- Made in U.S.A.” It is in excellent condition and the colors are bright. What can you tell me about my toy?

A: J. Chein & Co. was located in Burlington, N.J., from 1900 to 1970. They were one of the leading manufacturers of tin windups, pull toys, banks and friction toys. The roller coaster was also available in a ski ride version. Your tin lithograph toy is extremely collectible and would probably sell in the range of $300 to $400.

Q: This mark is on my porcelain punch bowl, which sits on a matching pedestal. It comes with 12 footed cups. Embellished with gold, each piece is decorated with green grapes, white grapes, green leaves and tendrils. The artist signed it as “Reed.” Because the set is a family heirloom, I would never sell it, but I would like to know what it is worth.

A: Tressemanes and Vogt Porcelain Factory

used this mark. They have produced porcelain in Limoges, France, since 1883. Based on your information, your set was painted by an amateur artist on china blanks made by Tressemanes and Vogt. China painting was a popular hobby around the turn of the 20th century. Your punch bowl set would probably be worth $3,000 to $3,500.

Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P.O. Box 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be answered in this column. Due to the volume of inquiries, she cannot answer individual letters. To fi nd out more about Anne McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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This potato flask is a souvenir

from the 1893 Chicago

Columbian World’s Fair.

Tressemanes and Vogt Porcelain Factory

is located in Limoges, France.

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• Some phobias relate to what’s up above, such as the sun (heliophobia), the clouds (nephophobia), the moon (selenophobia), and the stars (siderophobia). Some folks are just afraid of looking up – they are called anablephobes.

• Not all phobias seem that abnormal or uncommon. Lots of people might have a fear of death, known as necrophobia. But those with an extreme form might be terrified of being buried alive. A nosocomephobe has a fear of hospitals, a verminophobe is afraid of germs, and a hydrophobe has an irrational fear of water.

• Individuals suffering from extreme agora-phobia rarely leave their homes, due to their fear of public or open spaces and the inescapable situations that may occur there. Only home is safe.

• Some phobias can be a learned behavior that comes from listening to others describe a traumatic event. An individual in one’s life can trigger a phobia, such as peladophobia, the fear of bald people. Those with nosto-phobia, a fear of returning home, may be able to contribute their panic to a specific incident.

• People who are afraid of looking into mirrors have cataptrophobia, while those with cyberphobia have a fear of working with computers. A person with an anxiety about memories is a mnemophobe.

• Don’t confuse levophobia, the fear of objects to a person’s left, with dextrophobia, the fear of objects to the right.

• Although some of us fear the possibility of cancer, an extreme carcinophobe will convince himself he has cancer because he touched someone who has it.

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Finding a ring inside a piece of barnbrack indicates that the person finding it will have a wedding in their future, while finding a straw means that a prosperous year is in store.

• Today in Ireland, where the Celts lived and celebrated centuries ago, bonfires are still burned, but now children dress up in costumes and trick or treat, and often attend parties with their families and friends. They play a game called “snap-apple,” which is a kind of bobbing for an apple on a string. An apple is tied to a string hanging from a doorframe and youngsters try to take a bite without using their hands. Families play a card game in which cards are placed face down on a table with candy or coins underneath. A child chooses a card and receives the prize.

• Many in the United States look forward to Halloween each year for different reasons. Manufacturers and retailers anticipate windfall sales of candies, costumes, party and lawn decorations; children look forward to transforming themselves into ghosts, goblins, princesses and pirates, and the excitement of filling their bags with candy. Neighbors get their supply of goodies ready and prepare for choruses of young voices crying “Trick or Treat” at their front doors.

• In the USA, more candy is sold during the two week period before Halloween than at any other time. While Americans purchase large amounts of candy for Easter, Christmas and Valentine’s Day, candy sales during Halloween outdistance these other holidays better than two to one. Halloween parties, however, rank third behind Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

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David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Write to him in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to [email protected].

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