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phasmophobia	Tue 10/31/2006 6:02 PM
A few bits of Halloween trivia... "Phasmophobia" is the fear of ghosts. A cup of candy corn has fewer calories than a cup of raisins. It's illegal to sell a haunted house in New York without informing the buyer. The first jack-o'-lanterns were made of turnips. "Samhainophobia" is the morbid fear of Halloween. Pumpkins also come in white, blue and green. Trick-or-treating is an Irish tradition, based on a custom where wealthy landowners would give food to the poor on Halloween night, believing ghosts would look favorably on them for doing so and spare them from mischief. There is a poisonous mushroom called a jack-o'-lantern. These mushrooms are a bright orange-yellow in color and on rainy nights they appears to glow in the dark. Fifty-one percent of all American adults believe in ghosts. Nine percent of Americans claim to have been in the presence of a ghost during their lifetime. According to superstition, you will see your future spouse over your left shoulder in the mirror at midnight on Halloween. "Wiccaphobia" is the fear of witches and witchcraft. My boss kicked me out early today so I could get home for the trick-or-treaters. Not that we get all that many here in the condos, but hey, I'll take an excuse to leave work early any day. I just wish we could stay up tonight to watch one of our favorite shows, Ghost Hunters. They're doing a six-hour, live episode from 11:00 PM to 5:00 AM, investigating the Stanley Hotel in Colorado (the hotel The Shining was based on). And speaking of ghost hunts, Christopher at The Knight Shift has compiled a list of the top ten best ghost photographs ever taken. Be sure to check them out! << prev • home • next >>
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comment: from yosemity hey thats a nifty halloween treat. thankyou. Wed 11/01/2006 3:27 AM
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