Hello Everyone!

Time to kick off the first ever Apptato Newsletter a few days before Halloween. So this is an extra special post!

In this newsletter we give you:

1. A insightful quote by Edgar Allan Poe

2. 3 interesting Halloween trivia

3. 2 Halloween puzzles

Hope you enjoy our very first newsletter!

A Quote that Makes You Think

Interesting Halloween Trivia

What Does “Halloween” Mean?

The word Halloween is short form or a contraction for “All Hallow’s Even” or “All Hallows Eve” which is the day before All Saints’ Day. It has origins from Celtic tradition of Samhain which marks the end of the harvest season. Many of its traditions were inspired through out the ages from the Medieval European act of “souling” going door to door asking for food or money and Roman/British tradition of women bobbing for apples to find a suitor.

A Popular Nursery Rhyme’s Dark Origins

The nursery rhyme “Ring Around the Rosie” has a dark origin which goes back to the days of the bubonic plague in the 1500’s.

“Rosies” were the red marks from the disease, while the “pocket full of posies” were the flowers the plague doctors used to lessen the smell of decaying corpses all around. “Ashes, ashes” represented the cremated bodies and “falling down” is falling down or dying.

Who Started the Broken Mirror Superstition?

The superstition of breaking a mirror bringing 7 years of bad luck started with the Romans. They believed that mirrors were tools given by the gods to observe the soul. To damage a mirror was an insult to the gods and hence bad luck was reigned upon anyone who would do such a thing. It is also believed that souls regenerate after 7 years so it would take that long to get back to your original state.

Fun Halloween Puzzles

#1 Word Search

#2 Maze

Bonus Video

In Closing…

Thanks for reading our first newsletter! Hope you found it interesting and insightful!

Feel free to comment or send feedback to let me know what you liked or what you want to see more of.

Wishing you a fun and safe Halloween!