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Samhain.

A holiday, falling on the night of 31 October to 1 November, mentioned in Early Irish literature and celebrated by modern neo-pagans as the beginning of winter and the new year, and a time during which the spirits of the dead could return to the earth.

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name/ˈsaʊ.wən//ˈsaʊ.wɪn//ˈsæm.heɪn/
  1. A holiday, falling on the night of 31 October to 1 November, mentioned in Early Irish literature and celebrated by modern neo-pagans as the beginning of winter and the new year, and a time during which the spirits of the dead could return to the earth.

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Borrowed from Irish Samhain.

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