Thanks for the heads up!

Yes, the UK…

And Samhain / Sauin/ Halloween has been celebrated in Ireland and Scotland for longer than anyone can remember, or work out where exactly it started….but it’s so old we both use the same word…yes!

That is a broad generalisation and its never as simple as that, but anyway….

Nothing has changed with my original point…Halloween has been celebrated in Scotland and all of Ireland, and even parts of England, way before bloody ET!

To be fair, Robb didn’t actually say it was, he only mentioned Celtic heritage…and when I said Ireland, I was including the whole Island, part of which is in Britain…and my British Imperialistic schools taught me the British Isles include Ireland, so…. But anyway, Halloween is feckin’ old!!

Well, if they’re Lowland Scots then they probably still have Celtic connections, given I myself am descended from Lowland Scots, Irish, and Northern Viking tribes…

Most folk have a varied mix! Our ancestors got around a bit…😄

Well, as a Scot, I don’t like to think of myself as British either, really, but unfortunately I still am….

Apologies then if you don’t identify as being part of the British Isles. Regardless, Irish culture and heritage is still widely embedded in Britain, and Halloween is an age old tradition!

I imagine a lot do, given that Celtic heritage is throughout the entire British Isles…

I’m really not sure what point you’re trying to make here?

Are you arguing that the doctor was right, because Ireland isn’t part of the British isles, even though it is?

Oh wait, no…Ireland is in the ‘British Isles’, so you’re actually completely wrong!

But Northern Ireland is, and has the same Celtic traditions…

Well Ireland and Scotland….both celebrated Samhain with the word existing in both Irish and Scottish Gaelic, from shared Celtic ancestry! So its a Celtic festival…😉

And Hallowe’en? Well the name’s Scottish…coming from lowland Scots “Aw Hallows E’en”

So yes, way before Speak & Spell loving aliens!

To be fair, the article is mostly focusing on England, but Dr. Clarke mentions it not taking place much in Britain before American influences…

Which up here we all know is utter bloody nonsense.

Thanks Benchy ❤️

Thanks dude ❤️ And thanks for sharing the post.

Utterly devastated. It was a total shock.

I hate that when I say great-nephew it makes him sound like a distant relative, when in truth he was one of my closest.

Oh! I have this on Xbox and keep forgetting about it!

Will need to get back to it sometime
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