On October 31,people lit big fires and wore costumes to frighten away evil ghosts.People were also frightened of evil witches who did bad things.There were also good witches,however,and at Halloween,they had big parties to which thousands of ordinary people came as well.People danced,got married,ate a lot,and talked about magic and medicines.Even today there are real witches in Europe and the US,though they do not usually wear the witch's costumes that lots of little girls like to wear on Halloween Night.