Samhain The night of 31 October—Halloween—is "Oíche Shamhna" (Irish), "Oidhche Shamhna" (Scottish Gaelic) and "Oie Houney" (Manx), meaning "Samhain night". The day of 1 November, or the whole festival, may be called "Lá Samhna" (Irish), "Là Samhna" (Scottish Gaelic) and "Laa Houney" (Manx), meaning "Samhain day". These names all come from the Old Irish "Samain" or "Samuin" , the name for the festival held on 1 November in medieval Ireland. This comes from Proto-Indo-European "*semo-" ("summer"). One suggestion is that the name means "summer's end", from "sam" ("summer") and "fuin" ("end"), but this may be a folk etymology. In 1907, Whitley
Pan Pagan Festival Margot Adler, and Selena Fox. From the Pan Pagan Festival other festivals grew including Circle's Pagan Spirit Gathering and Chrysalis Moon. There are three rituals that are a constant at the Pan Pagan Festival, including: PPF caters to people of all ages, with activities ranging from crafts and scavenger hunts for children to workshops on herbs, crystals, and home remedies. Perennial events include: Every year, Pan Pagan has a theme to go along with the year. The theme helps to give what the artwork for the year should revolve around. The following list gives the themes from 1985 to 2013