Halloween traces its origins back to the Iron Age and a feast of fire known as Samhain. Also included are the historical origins of trick or treating, Halloween costumes and jack o' lanterns. Read on ...

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — The Wassail of the Church of the Eternal Circle’s Mary Lwyd will return Saturday, Nov. 8, bringing a lesser-known Celtic tradition to New Paltz and Highland, an announcement said.

Thousands of years ago, on the sacred rock from which my ancestors fled, this season of the year was celebrated as Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival ...

If I thought I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself!” Consequently, I’ve recently taken to ...

An almost forgotten autumn tradition, known as Caking Night, is to be revived in Sheffield for the first time in years. According to folklorist, writer and musician Richard Bradley, the tradition used ...

Blood sacrifices involving pigs, sheep or geese were practiced in Ireland well into living memory on Martinmas ...

Many of the ancient Irish holy men and women came to us from the early, misty days of Christianity in Ireland. On All Saints' and All Souls' Days, it's a good time to remember some of them.

Paul Kingsnorth is a novelist and a critic, an environmental activist and a convert to Eastern Orthodoxy. His new book is ...

On New Year’s Day, 1934, more than 3,000 people from South Leitrim and surrounding areas marched through the town to begin the Anti-Jazz campaign. The procession was accompanied by five bands and the ...

Samhain, the Celtic New Year, is our favorite holiday. Back when Maura taught Irish language classes, she would challenge my ...

Julie Aspinall, 61, has been a practicing witch for over 40 years and runs her own coven, the Coven of Gaia, which has a ...