Scottish halloween

Learn about what's involved in a traditional Scottish Halloween. Guising, neep lanterns, fortune telling and scary stories.

From masks made from scraped out sheep’s heads to raging bonfires and games to foretell a future spouse, this was how how Halloween was traditionally celebrated in Scotland.

Discover the story behind Scottish Halloween traditions, which has its roots in the Gaelic festival of Samhain.

Looking for some Halloween Inspiration? Or just wondering how Halloween is celebrated in Scotland? Well, this is the article for you as it lists all Scottish Halloween customs and traditions for you! From creepy turnip carving to the fun and creative trick-or-treating party favors.

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"The Cromartie Fool" (1731). Christies [25/9/2000] entitled it "Gardener holding a cabbage with a candle" [I would merely want to ask the cataloguer -- "Why?" !] . He holds a kail-stock/ cabbage-stalk in the top of which is a lighted candle, known in Scots as "a candle in a castock", a special sort of torch which was part of the traditional festivities of Halloween. A recent suggestion that he is "The Laird of Udny's fool" cannot be substantiated as Jamie Fleeman was only 18 in 1731! NPG

More than 4,000 people gathered to watch hundreds of performers retell ancient stories on Calton Hill in Edinburgh.

As winter came, the skeklers moved from house to house, dancing around the fire and banging wooden staves on the floor in a celebration of the supernatural.

Halloween, or All Hallows Eve, is widely considered to be the natural evolution of Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival which marked the end of summer, celeb ...