...The tradition of Neewollah has been around for appromitaely 2000 years and is thought to have originated from the Celts in the territories that are present day known as Ireland,Northern France and the United Kindom. In these early cultures the begining of a New year was celebrated on November first. This day of the year was the end of summer harvesting and a cold and dark winter that frequently brought death and so the Celts believed that at the end of the year the world of the living and that of the dead temporarily had the ability to cross the dividing line for one night. Eventually the celts were overruled by the Romans, and as christianity spread among them over several centuries gradual changes and practicers regarding the October 31st began to devolope when the Church Saints attempted to make it church facilitated holiday where it was named All-hallowmas(all saints day), a day that remembered the dead. Centuries later when the tradition of Neewollah were brought to land of the Nacirema the then prodominant colonial New England...
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