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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote MayoMark Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Oct 2023 at 11:56pm
Hard to believe it's that time of year again

Sweets ready to go for trick or treaters. Dawn of the Dead, Ring, Blair With and Lost Boys lined up from the minute I'm home from work

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Originally posted by MayoMark MayoMark wrote:

Hard to believe it's that time of year again

Sweets ready to go for trick or treaters. Dawn of the Dead, Ring, Blair With and Lost Boys lined up from the minute I'm home from work

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote eireland Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Oct 2023 at 1:16am
Originally posted by Trap junior Trap junior wrote:

Originally posted by MayoMark MayoMark wrote:

Hard to believe it's that time of year again

Sweets ready to go for trick or treaters. Dawn of the Dead, Ring, Blair With and Lost Boys lined up from the minute I'm home from work

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I have some full match DVDs of EIRE under Stephen Kenny to scare me

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What is the Halloween equivalent of ‘bah humbug’ ? 
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Quietest buildup in years here, been very little fire works going off 

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote horsebox Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Oct 2023 at 8:54am
Kids are past it now, we would have always made a big deal out of it, but not any more.

The wife didn't get any treats in. I'm thinking WTF am I going to to do from 5pm to 9pm today.
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Originally posted by Newryrep Newryrep wrote:

What is the Halloween equivalent of ‘bah humbug’ ? 
If there was a Halloween version of Scrooge, I would definitely be 1 of them. Clap
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I'd easily swap Halloween for Christmas. 
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Used to love it in Tallaght back in the day.  The bonfires were top class.  
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Their very traditional in Darndale, they usually torch something most nights.

Going out for a nice autumn stroll at sunset only to see a Z type Honda civic burning down the end of your road.

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Originally posted by 9fingers 9fingers wrote:

Quietest buildup in years here, been very little fire works going off 

Noticed that this year. Even the shops and the houses arent done up as much. Last year at the start of October there seemed to be loads of talk of Halloween, this year was much later. Maybe people were mad to celebrate anything after covid and after last year they realised unless you are under 12 years old Halloween is a load of sh*teLOL
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The father in law is saying the exact opposite.
'They've going way over board with Halloween these days, it's nearly as big as Christmas'. 
Yes you've said it 4 times already.

Hate it with the dogs, they've been going mental barking since the start of October with the fireworks and bangers.
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Given how connected the history and culture of this country is to the origins of Samhain/Halloween,  I've always found it strange that the government has never really tried to capitalise on it from a tourism perspective, ala Paddys Day/Week.

Yes, modern Halloween is very much an Americanised holiday, but it's roots are here 
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Originally posted by zizu Kilbane zizu Kilbane wrote:

Given how connected the history and culture of this country is to the origins of Samhain/Halloween,  I've always found it strange that the government has never really tried to capitalise on it from a tourism perspective, ala Paddys Day/Week.

Yes, modern Halloween is very much an Americanised holiday, but it's roots are here 


Theres loads of festival and parades on around the country.

Puca fest in Meath, Samhain in Limerick, Bram Stoker in Dublin, Macnas Parades in Galway and Dublin and other counties.



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Originally posted by zizu Kilbane zizu Kilbane wrote:

Given how connected the history and culture of this country is to the origins of Samhain/Halloween,  I've always found it strange that the government has never really tried to capitalise on it from a tourism perspective, ala Paddys Day/Week.

Yes, modern Halloween is very much an Americanised holiday, but it's roots are here 


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