A particularly successful form of multi-stakeholder cooperative is the Italian social cooperative, of which some 11,000 exist.  1 Type A social cooperatives bring together providers and beneficiaries of a social service as members.
The sport of Quidditch gets its name from Queerditch Marsh, the location of the first recorded game. A witch by the name of Gertie Keddle lived on the edge of the marsh around the year 1050 and recorded what she saw in a diary that survives to this day.
The Origins of Halloween. 1  Although it only became popular in America in the early 1900's, Halloween dates back almost 2,000 years when it marked the Celtic New Year. Originally known as Samhain, which means summer's end in Gaelic, many Halloween customs and traditions have roots in pagan beliefs and Irish folklore. These customs became popular in America when many Irish fled their country to escape the potato famine of 1846.