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Radio Berkshire,1 min

Why do we celebrate Halloween in the first place?

Anne Diamond

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Anne Diamond spoke to Reading University's Halloween Historian, Anne-Lawrence Mathers. Anne-Lawrence Mathers: "What we have now is a complete mash up of different things." "Somewhere in there is the ancient Irish Gaelic feast of Samhain, the portable lanterns, the concept of a threshold between the living and the dead being crossed comes in." "People have theorised, but you can't prove anything."

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