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This month The Faery Realm would like to welcome Samhain 31st October/ 1st Novemember
 
Did you know some people say that Halloween is when the veil between the faery realm and the Earth is at its thinnest?
Ive always loved Halloween/Samhain (partly because its my birthday time) But its a time we enjoy together as a family. We go for walks and collect items to decorate the home with, we play games and everyone gets involved in a bit of fortune-telling fun. The feasts are great too! Its so much more than that though to my own family. We light candles and remember those that have passed on to the Spirit realm by placing their photos on the table. We recall special moments that help us remember them, we laugh and joke at the funny things that have happened or that those that have passed may have said. We talk, we remember, we laugh alot and we send them our love. We feel that they are with us.......brought to us by our hearts and minds keeping their memories alive
Halloween certainly is a special time
Happy Holidays!
Blessings for your own Samhain........However you chose to celebrate it!  
 
Celebrated at the beginning of November, the Celtic Festival of Samhain marked the coming of the winter months, with their dimming light and heightening darkness. The root of the word “Samhain” comes from “samhradh”, meaning “summer” in Irish Gaelic. While the exact etymology has not been confirmed by scholars, in Celtic tradition, “Samhain” corresponds to “end of summer” (a combination of samh “summer” and fuin “ending, concealment”).  Samhain and Beltanne (May Day) stood in opposition as the beginning of the season of winter and summer, respectively, but Samhain was a much more prominent festival and may have marked the beginning of the Celtic New Year as Frazer has pointed out.
Samhain was, consequently, a festival of deepening darkness and budding light. It was a meeting place between two opposites – the winter and the summer, the dark and the light, death and life. As such, the festival contained both aspects of existence – although the darkness, increasing at this time, was more profuse and substantial.
 
 
One of the traditional aspects of Halloween is attempting to know what the future has in store, for which people play a variety of fortune telling games. Such games are seriously pursued by some, while others are just intrigued by the mere idea of getting to know their fortune and do it for the sake of fun. Halloween is the time when most youths give way to age-old superstitions and made-up fantasy games of divination. Couples who are in love, or those want to get married also play such games to get predictions on the future of their relationship
Do not expect Halloween fortune games to give you accurate answers or precise solutions to your problems. They are just meant for fun. Play them at your Halloween party and enjoy the results, but do not take the outcomes of the games seriously and do not let them direct you to a
Halloween is synonymous with partying and fun. People across many parts of the world celebrate the holiday by playing a variety of games. And apples are famous for Halloween, as they are used as charms. Fortune telling tests are the flavor of Halloween and apples have been long trusted upon for predicting the future. Fortune telling is looked upon as a superstition by many, but it can be very intriguing and an absolutely fascinating game to play, especially, on a festival like Halloween.particular line of thinking. No matter how much you want to, keep away from Ouija boards, as many people have found them dangerous. They are not to be meddled with, be it by children or ignorant adults!
 
Apple peel game
Playing ‘Apple Peel’ on Halloween is an old practice among young girls and women, to know the initials of their lover or future spouse. It also keeps them interested in their work, while preparing Halloween feast as they play along and look for their fortunes and share their secret desires or chuckles. ‘Apple Peel’ is an easy game and interesting enough to get your guests to share some of your work. In the following lines, we will describe how you can play this game.
How To Play
Give each of the guests an apple and a paring knife. The guests have to work diligently and peel the apple from top to bottom in a continuous circle. While peeling, participants have to make sure that peel does not break in-between. Once they have an entire apple peel, which now looks like a spiral, they can start tossing it for predictions. All they have to do is to throw the peel over their shoulder, while saying 'Peel, peel, please reveal, the initial letter, of my true love.'
The participants should not look back, until the peel falls on the floor. It is said that if done in the right manner, the peel will fall in the shape of an alphabet, which is supposed to be the initial letter of the true lover of a person. Apple peel game is still very popular, especially, among women, as it gives them a chance to peep into the future and know at least the alphabet from which the name of their beloved would start.
The credibility quotient of Apple Peel’ game certainly invites doubts. Nevertheless, the game continues to enjoy immense popularity among Halloween celebrators, as another way to have some harmless fun on the spooky night. This game is more popular among teenagers and boys and girls of marriageable age.


Apple seed game
How To Play
The apple seed test is a popular and easy fortune game that keeps girls and women amused, even as they prepare delicacies for the Halloween party. To predict the fortune, all they have to do is dice an apple into half and cut out its core. After this, they should count the seeds. The number of seeds are said to indicate the future for the coming year or what is destined to happen within a year. However, they should play it for just for fun and not except any miracles to happen. Here are the predictions:
  • One seed foretells loneliness of the person,
  • Two seeds foretell early marriage
  • Three seeds foretell legacy
  • Four seeds foretell great wealth
  • Five seeds predict a sea voyage
  • Six seeds predict great fame as an orator or singer
  • Seven seeds indicate possession of the most desired gift
Twirl the apple
Apples are used to play a flurry of interesting fortune telling games on Halloween. ‘Twirl the Apple’ is also a fortune telling game that is meant exclusively for women. This game sheds a flood of light on their personal lives and marriage prospects. Most of the unmarried women want to know whom will they marry and when. This game provides them profound insights on the aspect of their love relationships and at the same time, is an extremely fun way of passing time on Halloween.
How To Play
‘Twirl the Apple’ game is perfectly suitable for young unmarried women. For playing it, you need to have an apple, with a long stem, for each of the ladies. Tie a piece of string to the apple's stem and ask the ladies to twirl the apple in the fireplace or bonfire. The lady whose apple breaks off first and falls in the fire will be the first one to marry. The order of their marriage will depend on how long their apples take to go into fire. The lady whose apple remains on the string till the last is believed to lead life of a spinster.
If the apple falls into the fire and then out of it, it means that the lover or husband of the lady will go on a long trip, immediately after their union. Young ladies usually find ‘Twirl the Apple’ game very interesting and it gives them something to do, while they sit around the fire and gossip about things. It is said that a lady who looks long enough in the fire at midnight might even have a glimpse of her future husband's face in the fire.

Walnut candle boats
Walnut candle boats are relied upon to reveal the fate of people on the night of Halloween. It needs to be remembered that fortune games are to be played for fun and real predictions should not be expected. The fun quotient of the fortune games on Halloween is high and not just young lovers, but even married couples play these games to double the enjoyment and boost the partying spirit of Halloween. Walnut candle boat can be a very interesting fortune game to be played on a Halloween party, and even otherwise.
How To Play
Carve out the meat from the walnuts and fasten short pieces of colored birthday candles to each of the two halves. Name each walnut candle boat after a person in the party, light them up and set them afloat in a tub of water. If the two boats glide together, then the two people will have similar destiny. If they glide apart, it means separation for the owners of the boats. Sometimes, candles seem to huddle together as a close-knit family, while one or two are left alone, to represent loneliness and solitude. The candle that goes out first is said to indicate that its owner would remain a spinster or a bachelor.
This fortune game is not only interesting and keeps the youths glued, at least as long as the candles last, but also add to the Halloween aura. The party venue with creepy decorations looks even scarier in flickering candle lights, as walnut candle boats float around water. If a pair of candles seems to float together from the start, it is predicted that the pair will be very close to each other throughout their lives and will probably marry each other. Toppling of the walnut candle boats is considered an ill omen and thus, care should be taken not to let the boats drown.



 
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