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2000 years ago, in what is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Northern France, the ancient Celts gathered around a bonfire on November 1st for the tradition of Samhain; a celebration signifying the end of the harvest and the beginning of the cold and dark winter months. The Celts believed that the worlds of the dead and the living collided on this night. To ward off spirits such as Lady Gwyn, a headless woman wearing a white dress and accompanied by a black pig, the Celts would gather around a …