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Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:57 pm
by witchy
He will find you!!! :shock:

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:00 pm
by MacPhantom
Wait, now you're taking my socks too?!

Yeah, just tell the angel of death to look for the dude in the kilt with no socks who's breath smells like haggis. :shaking:

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:01 pm
by witchy
:D Okie Dokie!!!

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:49 am
by adrian
hahahaaha sorry i meant rock! one too many fins for me last night

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:06 am
by Belladonna
Throwing socks so the reaper won't find you, Adrian???!!!
Hilarious!!! Fins to the left and fins to the right last night! hahahahahahahahahahaha

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:41 pm
by adrian
HAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHHAA its fins tonight lol especially after tonight lol i'm 7 fins down hahha

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:43 pm
by Belladonna
7 fins down, I like that! I'll probably be well on my way to that later on. :D

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:45 pm
by adrian
you should post some pictures of that hahahaha dizzy bella with the ole floor knocker hahaha

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:53 pm
by Belladonna
Very funny! lol Not so good to see, I'm sure. :D

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:35 pm
by MacPhantom
adrian wrote:One tradition i've always went by is that after halloween we "put the spirits to rest." My grandfather taught me this... god i don't know when.. but for me.. halloween is over once you fall asleep (candle lit in jack o lantern/s) then you wake up and the candle/s are out. THAT is the end of HALLOWEEN.

Now we say that the Jack o Lanterns bring hold their own spirit and bring with them others to celebrate the holiday..
so on All Saints Day.. we take the dark faced jack o lanterns to the edge of the woods and smash them... releasing the spirits back to their resting place. if this is not done... the spirits of halloween will be locked at our house for another whole year... the spirits stop celebrating and become angry bc they hadn't moved on. they stick around and not only haunt us but bring us bad luck and mis fortune for a year!

just a little something fun we do as a post halloween tradition while we take down the decorations.
If I were a spirit living in a jack o lantern, I'd be angrier at the person who smashed my pumpkin house than I would be if I had to spend a whole year locked up at a nice Georgian house with a giant fireplace. The fellar who smashed my pumpkin house...THAT'S the fellar I'd be haunting.

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:14 am
by witchy
MacPhantom wrote:
adrian wrote:One tradition i've always went by is that after halloween we "put the spirits to rest." My grandfather taught me this... god i don't know when.. but for me.. halloween is over once you fall asleep (candle lit in jack o lantern/s) then you wake up and the candle/s are out. THAT is the end of HALLOWEEN.

Now we say that the Jack o Lanterns bring hold their own spirit and bring with them others to celebrate the holiday..
so on All Saints Day.. we take the dark faced jack o lanterns to the edge of the woods and smash them... releasing the spirits back to their resting place. if this is not done... the spirits of halloween will be locked at our house for another whole year... the spirits stop celebrating and become angry bc they hadn't moved on. they stick around and not only haunt us but bring us bad luck and mis fortune for a year!

just a little something fun we do as a post halloween tradition while we take down the decorations.
If I were a spirit living in a jack o lantern, I'd be angrier at the person who smashed my pumpkin house than I would be if I had to spend a whole year locked up at a nice Georgian house with a giant fireplace. The fellar who smashed my pumpkin house...THAT'S the fellar I'd be haunting.
Now that's a scary thought!!! :shock: Adrian you better watch out!!!

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:59 am
by Belladonna
Hmm that does put a different spin on things, but I like the idea of smashing them and setting them free.

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:38 am
by adrian
lol not if you had to spend a year haunting my house lol you'd feel gypped.. plus i think its a pretty common conception that spirits don't like hanging around anyway lol

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:32 pm
by Andybev01
The idea of a respectful ceremony makes me feel bad for throwing them over a cliff.

Re: Putting the spirits to rest (post halloween tradition)

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:36 pm
by Belladonna
Yes, I've heard that Adrian. I am glad they don't hang around, unless it's a fun ghost. :)