Halloween Nouns and Verbs

Find the verb/verb phrase: Back then, it was known as "guising" in Scotland and Ireland.

Find verbs: Immigrants helped popularize the holiday in the U.S.

When the Irish fled their country in the 1840s due to the potato famine, they brought their Halloween customs with them.

Find common nouns: It celebrated the final day of the harvest and the crossing of spirits over into the other world.

Find plural nouns: They would throw apple peels over their shoulder hoping to see their future husband’s initials...

Find verbs: Young people dressed up in costumes and asked for food in exchange for songs, poems, or other "tricks."

Find verbs: Now Halloween is the second largest commercial holiday in the country.

Find verb/verb phrase: Trick-or-treating has existed since medieval times.

Find common nouns: Today, the tradition has morphed into children to getting dressed up and asking for candy.

Find verbs: They would competitively bob for apples at parties because the winner would be the first to get married...

Find verbs: During the 18th century, ladies would follow Halloween traditions that would "help" them find a husband.

Find proper nouns: Halloween all started as a pre-Christian festival called Samhain held around the first of November.

Find proper nouns: People in Ireland, the UK, and France warded off ghosts by lighting bonfires and wearing costumes.

Find nouns: Women would stand in a dark room with a candle in front of a mirror to look for their future husband’s face.