While the image of the modern Halloween is dominated by pumpkins, fireworks and trick or treating, the Ulster Folk Museum is reaching back further to Samhain, the ancient Celtic festival marking the ...

Old seasonal traditions including cabbage divination and turnip lanterns are being brought back to life by a Northern Ireland museum this Halloween. While the image of the modern Halloween is ...

A cabbage could give clues about the body shape of a future spouse (Joe Giddens/PA) Old seasonal traditions including cabbage divination and turnip lanterns are being brought back to life by a ...

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