📖 Ancient Restoration

The Púca are shape shifting creatures from Irish folklore. Some tales describe them as bloodthirsty beings, often doing harm to unwary travelers. However on 1st November, the "Púca's Day", it behaved courteously, and delivered sage advice to willing listeners.

Kevin Barry became the first Volunteer of the Irish Republican Army to be executed by the British after the Easter Rising #OnThisDay in 1920

Kevin Barry became the first Volunteer of the Irish Republican Army to be executed by the British after the Easter Rising #OnThisDay in 1920

The fairy who roam our world on Samhain are not residual pagan deities, but our ancient forebears who lie in the Rath's & tombs of Ireland.

Samhain is a night where the Celtic peoples feast their visiting ancestors. It has nothing to do with Wicca, nor ugly Hollywood ghouls.

In medieval Europe, bonfires were lit at Halloween to guide the dead back to heaven, while protecting the living from evil spirits.

Traditional Irish jack-o'-lanterns are made using turnips - The fire inside represented the souls who would visit the living on Halloween

Samhain survived as a holiday largely because the Irish Church/kings upheld it as important to the life cycle & rites of Gaelic society.

Samhain survived as a holiday largely because the Irish Church/kings upheld it as important to the life cycle & rites of Gaelic society.

Halloween, All Hallows' Eve, is a Christian holiday dedicated to remembering the dead, saints (hallows), martyrs, & the faithful departed.

Halloween festivities using apples likely derive from ancient Roman rituals to the goddess Pomona, who's holiday took place around 1 Nov.

Halloween festivities using apples likely derive from ancient Roman rituals to the goddess Pomona, who's holiday took place around 1 Nov.