there was a 0) time in the past when the
people of Britain celebrated the end of
summer and the beginning of winter on
All Hallow’s Eve, which is 1) ...... 31st October. In
2) ...... days, they thought that bad things always came with the long
dark winter nights, 3) ...... they built fires which
they danced around. They also performed rituals to keep 4) ...... evil.
There were many people who believed that there were ghosts everywhere in
winter. Villagers, whose beliefs were very simple, thought that if they wore
scary costumes and masks 5) ...... they left their homes after dark, the spooks
and monsters that roamed around 6) ...... night would not recognise them.
They also left bowls of food outside their houses for these invisible ghouls,
thinking this would stop 7) ...... from trying to get in.
Today, the British continue to celebrate this
festival, which is now called Halloween, on 31st
October. They do this by 8) ...... up, wearing masks
and putting candles inside lanterns made 9) ......
pumpkins. They leave the lanterns outside to
frighten 10) ...... witches and ghosts, just as people
in the past did, but today it is just for fun.