Outandabout-Magazine-Oct-issue-191

OCTOBER 2021 | 59
The House of Seven Chimneys, Madrid. It is said that the
spirit of a beautiful lady dressed in white and accompanied
by a strike torch between the chimneys of the building every
night … Apparently, Dona Elena, which she was mistress
of King Felipe II, he died in mysterious circumstances and
his body was never found. But nevertheless, is not the only
walking on the other side and another young woman who
committed suicide on the wedding night of their marriage
of convenience with an elderly wealthy and now travels the
corners of this haunted house clinking coins that King, who
was also a lover, He had given her.
IF spiders, ghosts and things that go bump in the night
don’t scare you off, join the queue to splash €16 million on
Spain’s most haunted house.
The Cortijo Jurado in Malaga, which has captured the
attention of paranormal experts internationally, is now
up for sale. The imposing 19th century mansion perches
alongside the A357 Campanillas road in Malaga province
and was built with 365 windows, one for every day of the
year. Constructed by the Heredia family in the 1830s, legend
has it that numerous unspeakable crimes, kidnappings
and tortures took place before victims’ bodies were buried
within the building.
Halloween is the evening before the Christian holy days
of All Hallows’ Day of All Saints day on 1 November and
All Souls’ Day on 2 November, thus giving the holiday on
31 October the full name of All Hallows’ Eve (meaning the
evening before All Hallows’ Day).
How did it start Halloween? Halloween has its roots in
the ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival of Samhain, which
was celebrated on the night of October 31. The Celts, who
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lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the
United Kingdom and northern France, believed that the
dead returned to earth on the Celtic (Old Irish) festival of
Samhain. It was the first and most important of the four
quarter days in the medieval Gaelic calendar.
It also marked the end of the harvest season and beginning
of winter or the darker half’ of the year. At Samhain, it was
believed that the Aos Sí needed to be propitiated to ensure
that the people and their livestock survived the winter.
Offerings of food and drink, or portions of the crops, were
left for the Aos Sí. The souls of the dead were also said to
revisit their homes. The belief that the souls of the dead
return home on one night or day of the year seems to have
ancient origins and is found in many cultures throughout
the world.
Masks and costumes were worn in an attempt to mimic
the evil spirits or appease them. At Halloween, yards and
public spaces may be decorated with traditionally macabre
symbols including witches, skeletons, cobwebs, and
headstones.
In Ireland and Scotland, the turnip has traditionally
been carved during Halloween, but immigrants to North
America used the native pumpkin, which is both much
softer and much larger – making it easier to carve than a
turnip. Subsequently, the mass marketing of various size
pumpkins in autumn, in both the corporate and local
markets, has made pumpkins universally available for this
purpose.
For me an evening celebrating in a local restaurant
decorated with the usual Halloween features and adults
dressed in witches’ costumes is a fun night ha!
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