Veneration of the dead begging for candy). In Cornwall and Wales, the autumn ancestor festivals occur around Nov. 1. In Cornwall the festival is known as "Kalan Gwav", and in Wales as "Calan Gaeaf." The festivals bear some similarities to the better-known Gaelic festival of Samhain, from which modern Halloween is derived. During "Samhain", November 1 in Ireland and Scotland, the dead are thought to return to the world of the living, and offerings of food and light are left for them. On the festival day, ancient people would extinguish the hearth fires in their homes, participate in a community bonfire festival, and then
Hill of Tara dates. Within 12 miles of the Hill of Tara is another significant site known as Hill of Ward or Tlachtga, named after a powerful druidess. The site dates from 200 AD and is reputed to be the place of the first Celtic Pagan Fire Festival that took place on the eve of Samhain, 31 October. It was a pagan ritual of burning cattle bones, referred to then as bonefires or 'tine cnámh'. Samhain was later incorporated or replaced by All Saints' Day in the Christian calendar. A theory that may predate the Hill of Tara's splendor before Milesian times is