Hi all

> take a look at ithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_7B36VKe84 for a

Now I understand why you still have interest in supporting us poor Amigans
in our small world! You wanna compete against your wife about the most
weird hobby

I'm just kidding! Happy "Samhain" (aka. Halloween: Americans have always
to invent new names/habits for good old European traditions ).

Thanks,
nexus

Nexus:

On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:36:31 +0100, lists@net-eclipse.net wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>> take a look at ithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_7B36VKe84 for a
>>
> Now I understand why you still have interest in supporting us poor
> Amigans
> in our small world! You wanna compete against your wife about the
> most
> weird hobby -)
>
> I'm just kidding! Happy "Samhain" (aka. Halloween: Americans have
> always
> to invent new names/habits for good old European traditions ).
>
Where does the name "Samhain" come from? Just doesn't have the ring
of Halloween.

> Thanks,
> nexus
>
Dr. Larry Keller
Ohio Amigan
lkeller100@cox.net

Hello Dr.

On 02/11/2010, you wrote:

> Nexus:
>
> On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:36:31 +0100, lists@net-eclipse.net wrote:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>>> take a look at ithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_7B36VKe84 for a
>>>
>> Now I understand why you still have interest in supporting us poor
>> Amigans
>> in our small world! You wanna compete against your wife about the
>> most
>> weird hobby -)
>>
>> I'm just kidding! Happy "Samhain" (aka. Halloween: Americans have
>> always
>> to invent new names/habits for good old European traditions ).
>>
> Where does the name "Samhain" come from? Just doesn't have the ring
> of Halloween.

Samhain is a Gaelic festival held on October 31st - November 1st, the word is
derived from old irish and roughly means "summers end", it was one of many
celtic/gealic celebrations that were 'adopted' by cristianity.

>> Thanks,
>> nexus
>>
> Dr. Larry Keller
> Ohio Amigan
> lkeller100@cox.net
>
>
>
>
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> Samhain is a Gaelic festival held on October 31st - November 1st, the
> word is derived from old irish and roughly means "summers end", it was
> one of many celtic/gealic celebrations that were 'adopted' by
> cristianity.

true, but halloween has also nothing to do with christianity and
besides this commonality, the meaning of Halloween and Samhain are at
least very lose related, too. By the way, the christian version of Samhain
is "All Souls' Day", the christian version of Halloween is "Allhallows" or
"All Saints' Day"

regrads,
nexus

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:27:04 +0000, Nick Clover wrote:
>
>
> Hello Dr.
>>>
>> Where does the name "Samhain" come from? Just doesn't have the
>> ring
>> of Halloween.
>>
> Samhain is a Gaelic festival held on October 31st - November 1st,
> the word is
> derived from old irish and roughly means "summers end", it was one
> of many
> celtic/gealic celebrations that were 'adopted' by cristianity.
>
The holidays weren't so much "adopted" as co-opted or hijacked. All
depends upon one's perspective.

Thanks for the info.

>>> Thanks,
>>> nexus
>>>
>> Dr. Larry Keller
>> Ohio Amigan
>> lkeller100@cox.net
>>
Dr. Larry Keller
Ohio Amigan
lkeller100@cox.net