The Wheel of the Year is a medicine wheel marked and celebrated by most, indigenous cultures around the earth in their own ways. In Ireland, the ancient ones measured their cosmos in wheels, spirals, ...

Kindergarten students in 1952 race out of school in Los Angeles, eager to celebrate Halloween. Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images “It’s alive!” Dr. Frankenstein cried as his ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. How was Halloween invented? – Tillman, age 9, ...

The Halloween traditions that we celebrate today, in America, originate from the Celtic pagan festival called “Samhain.“ The phrase is from ancient Gaelic. It means “end of summer.” According to ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - This Halloween, as children dress as witches for trick-or-treating, a real witch in Wausau is celebrating the ancient Celtic festival that started it all. Several historical ...

Father PJ Hughes says he would tell the Irish government to "stick your nose out and mind your own business." Father PJ Hughes celebrated Mass on December 1 at his Our Lady of Lourdes in Mullahoran, ...

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Much like Frankenstein’s monster, traditions are also alive, which means they can change over time or get reinvented. Built from a hodgepodge of diverse parts, Halloween is one such tradition that has ...