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Halloween was created 2,000 years ago as an Irish festival to ward off ghosts

Jacqui FrankOct 29, 2016, 01:53 IST

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Samhain, a Celtic pagan festival, marked the beginning of winter and was believed to be a night on which spirits could roam among the living.

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