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
Better Talk Now another Grade I race, especially as he had beaten the eventual champion turf horse Kitten's Joy head-to-head. Accordingly, he entered Better Talk Now in the Hollywood Turf Cup on December 4. However, the pace was slow and Dominguez had trouble settling the horse. On the final turn, Better Talk Now became rank and pulled his way to the lead while racing extremely wide, then tired in the stretch to finish sixth. Better Talk Now made the first start of his six-year-old campaign on April 23, 2005 in the Fort Marcy Handicap at Aqueduct. He raced in last place for the