BTEXDAD
10-24-2006, 01:40 PM
Phasmophobia" is the fear of ghosts.
A cup of candy corn has fewer calories than a cup of raisins.
It's illegal to sell a haunted house in New York without informing the buyer.
The first jack-o'-lanterns were made of turnips.
"Samhainophobia" is the morbid fear of Halloween.
Halloween is the biggest holiday of the year when it comes to candy sales—estimated at $1.93 billion. One quarter of all the candy sold each year is purchased between September 15 and November 10.
In France, more than 30,000 werewolf cases were tried between 1520 and 1630.
Dracula is the most filmed story of all time.
Trick-or-treating is an Irish tradition, based on a custom where wealthy landowners would give food to the poor on Halloween night, believing ghosts would look favorably on them for doing so and spare them from mischief.
Halloween costume sales are estimated at $1.5 billion.
Pumpkins are fruits, not vegetables.
Pennslyvania was the first colony to legalize witchcraft.
According to studies, the smell of pumpkin pie is the most arousing to women, followed by lavender, cucumbers, baby powder and Good & Plenty candy.
In Lewis, Scotland, Halloween was once celebrated by designating one man to wade into the evening sea and offer a cup of ale to Shoney, a sea god.
The first Frankenstein film was produced by Thomas Edison in 1910.
The average U.S. household spends $44 on Halloween candy.
"Wiccaphobia" is the fear of witches and witchcraft.
A popular Halloween drink in 18th century Ireland was "lambs-wool," which consisted of roasted, crushed apples mixed into milk.
A cup of candy corn has fewer calories than a cup of raisins.
It's illegal to sell a haunted house in New York without informing the buyer.
The first jack-o'-lanterns were made of turnips.
"Samhainophobia" is the morbid fear of Halloween.
Halloween is the biggest holiday of the year when it comes to candy sales—estimated at $1.93 billion. One quarter of all the candy sold each year is purchased between September 15 and November 10.
In France, more than 30,000 werewolf cases were tried between 1520 and 1630.
Dracula is the most filmed story of all time.
Trick-or-treating is an Irish tradition, based on a custom where wealthy landowners would give food to the poor on Halloween night, believing ghosts would look favorably on them for doing so and spare them from mischief.
Halloween costume sales are estimated at $1.5 billion.
Pumpkins are fruits, not vegetables.
Pennslyvania was the first colony to legalize witchcraft.
According to studies, the smell of pumpkin pie is the most arousing to women, followed by lavender, cucumbers, baby powder and Good & Plenty candy.
In Lewis, Scotland, Halloween was once celebrated by designating one man to wade into the evening sea and offer a cup of ale to Shoney, a sea god.
The first Frankenstein film was produced by Thomas Edison in 1910.
The average U.S. household spends $44 on Halloween candy.
"Wiccaphobia" is the fear of witches and witchcraft.
A popular Halloween drink in 18th century Ireland was "lambs-wool," which consisted of roasted, crushed apples mixed into milk.