12 Facts About About Halloween You Didn't Know

Ireland Is Thought To Be Where Halloween Originated

The time when the souls of the departed would return to their former homes and when potentially malevolent spirits were released from the Otherworld and were visible to mankind. Spooky. Im presuming they weren't dressed like this...

The Fear Of Halloween Is Known As Samhainophobia

Of course we here in Ireland know what the word Samhain means.. Don't we?

In Hollywood there’s a $1,000 fine for using Silly String on Halloween

Because anything more would just be silly...

Dead bodies get regularly mistaken For Halloween Decorations.

Creepy...

Fifty percent of kids prefer to receive chocolate for Halloween

That's compared with 24% who prefer non-chocolate candy and 10% who preferred gum. I'd like to meet the person who had time to do this survey.

The first Pumpkins were actually made from turnips...

Ok so what I mean was that they used to carve the silly faces into turnips instead of pumpkins.

The word “witch” comes from the Old English wicce, meaning “wise woman.”

In fact, before they were all burnt and thrown off cliffs, they were highly respected individuals... Then the Americans got to them.

More candy is sold on October 28th than any other day of the year.

And more toilet roll is sold on November 1st than any other day.

According to tradition, if a person wears his or her clothes inside out and then walks backwards on Halloween, he or she will see a witch at midnight.

Never, ever trying that...

In 2009, Halloween Costumes accounted for 6 billion in sales around the world

Over 62% of these were adult orientated costumes.

It is The Third Biggest Party Day In The World

Just Behind Super Bowl Sunday and Of Course New Years...

About 99% Of All Pumpkins Sold Are You Used For Halloween

And what about the other 1% because pumpkin soup is just about the only other pumpkin based thing I can think of