Learn about the origin of this interesting tradition and how it has survived to this day.
Going out to ask for a skull on November 1 and 2 is one of the favorite and most fun traditions for children: on those small and large dates they put on their most terrifying costume, take a pot or pumpkin with typical Halloween figures and go out to knocking on doors for delicious treats.
But do you know where this tradition comes from? Here we tell you.
Samhain: a feast of Celtic origin
The Celts celebrated the feast of Samhain on October 31, which represented the end of the harvests. On this date, the inhabitants gathered and disguised themselves to chase away witches and other evil spirits who wanted to curse their homes with deaths and poor harvests.
Furthermore, it was believed that their deceased returned to the underworld to communicate with them and ask for food.
This tradition spread over time and the Irish who came to the United States in the 19th century brought their beliefs with them. Since then, it has become customary for the night of October 31, children and children to dress up and go from house to house to ask for sweets and other sweets.
With the expression ” truck or treat ” (trick or prank, or candy or trick), children ask for sweets: if they are not given, the landlord could have some mischief!
A tradition that also reached Mexico
In Mexico we are also used to? Asking for a skull ?. This is not only an inheritance brought from the United States: before it was customary for hacienda owners to give sweets and money to their workers who were going to visit their deceased in the pantheons for the Day of the Dead.
That is why in the United States and other countries they go out to order sweets on October 31, and in Mexico on November 1 and 2.
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