万圣节英语作文：SuperstitionsofHalloween-高一作文_作文网万圣节英语作文：SuperstitionsofHalloweenhalloweenhasalwaysbeenaholidayfilledwithmystery,magicandsuperstition.itbeganasacelticend-of-summerfestivalduringwhichpeoplefeltespeciallyclosetodeceasedrelativesandfriends.forthesefriendlyspirits,theysetplacesatthedinnertable,lefttreatsondoorstepsandalongthesideoftheroadandlitcandlestohelplovedonesfindtheirwaybacktothespiritworld.today'shalloweenghostsareoftendepictedasmorefearsomeandmalevolent,andourcustomsandsuperstitionsarescariertoo.weavoidcrossingpathswithblackcats,afraidthattheymightbringusbadluck.thisideahasitsrootsinthemiddleages,whenmanypeoplebelievedthatwitchesavoideddetectionbyturningthemselvesintocats.wetrynottowalkunderladdersforthesamereason.thissuperstitionmayhavecomefromtheancientegyptians,whobelievedthattrianglesweresacred;italsomayhavesomethingtodowiththefactthatwalkingunderaleaningladdertendstobefairlyunsafe.andaroundhalloween,第1页共3页especially,wetrytoavoidbreakingmirrors,steppingoncracksintheroadorspillingsalt.butwhataboutthehalloweentraditionsandbeliefsthattoday'strick-or-treatershaveforgottenallabout?manyoftheseobsoleteritualsfocusedonthefutureinsteadofthepastandthelivinginsteadofthedead.inparticular,manyhadtodowithhelpingyoungwomenidentifytheirfuturehusbandsandreassuringthemthattheywouldsomeday--withluck,bynexthalloween!--bemarried.in18th-centuryireland,amatchmakingcookmightburyaringinhermashedpotatoesonhalloweennight,hopingtobringtruelovetothedinerwhofoundit.inscotland,fortune-tellersrecommendedthataneligibleyoungwomannameahazelnutforeachofhersuitorsandthentossthenutsintothefireplace.thenutthatburnedtoashesratherthanpoppingorexploding,thestorywent,representedthegirl'sfuturehusband.(insomeversionsofthislegend,confusingly,theoppositewastrue:thenutthatburnedawaysymbolizedalovethatwouldnotlast.)anothertalehaditthatifayoungwomanateasugaryconcoctionmadeoutofwalnuts,hazelnutsandnutmegbeforebedonhalloweennight,第2页共3页shewoulddreamaboutherfuturehusband.youngwomentossedapple-peelsovertheirshoulders,hopingthatthepeelswouldfallonthefloorintheshapeoftheirfuturehusbands'initials;triedtolearnabouttheirfuturesbypeeringateggyolksfloatinginabowlofwater;andstoodinfrontofmirrorsindarkenedrooms,holdingcandlesandlookingovertheirshouldersfortheirhusbands'faces.otherritualsweremorecompetitive.atsomehalloweenparties,thefirstguesttofindaburronachestnut-huntwouldbethefirsttomarry;atothers,thefirstsuccessfulapple-bobberwouldbethefirstdowntheaisle.ofcourse,whetherwe'reaskingforromanticadviceortryingtoavoidsevenyearsofbadluck,eachoneofthesehalloweensuperstitionsreliesonthegoodwilloftheverysame"spirits"whosepresencetheearlyceltsfeltsokeenly.oursisnotsuchadifferentholidayafterall!第3页共3页
