Halloween came and went yesterday. These guys came into my work dressed as smurfs – I think they did rather well and I was surprised at how many people I saw who were dressed up. Normally trick or treating and Halloween hasn’t been that popular here but it seem quite a few people were getting into it. I saw them again in a group walking down the main street of town when I was driving home and when I waved to them, they all let out a very loud cheer!

Apparently Sam-hain is pronounced as Sow-in rhyming with the word cow but in Ireland it’s pronounced as saw-win and saw-in in Scotland. Can any of my northern hemisphere readers confirm this?