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Brigit's Garden
8 years ago

"To welcome the wandering dead on Hallowe’en, front doors were left open, food was prepared, and seats were set by the fire, which was built to burn through the night. While released from their suffering the hospitality extended to the dead was, in part, offered out of respect, but also as a precautionary measure, as the dead… " Read more about Hallowe’en in Irish folklore...

https://thefadingyear.wordpress.com/2017/10/19/the-dead-among-us-halloween-in-irish-folklore/