Samhain were also a big part of the festival and often involved nuts and apples. In the late 19th century, Sir John Rhys and Sir James Frazer suggested that it was the "Celtic New Year", and this view has been repeated by some other scholars. In the 9th century AD, the Western Christian church shifted the date of All Saints' Day to 1 November, while 2 November later became All Souls' Day. Over time, Samhain and All Saints'/All Souls' merged to create the modern Halloween. Historians have used the name 'Samhain' to refer to Gaelic 'Halloween' customs up until the 19th
Mongfind Ireland, whom she is said to have killed with poison in a bid to make her son king. She drank the poisoned drink to convince Crimthann, and died soon after at Samhain. According to "Cormac's Glossary", she was a goddess the pagan Irish worshipped on Samhain. This was also called the "Féile Moingfhinne" i.e. "Festival of Mongfind". Later legend, as documented in Patrick Weston Joyce's "Social History of Ancient Ireland", makes her a banshee. A prominent hill called "Cnoc Samhna" ("Hill of Samhain") or "Ard na Ríoghraidhe" ("Height of the Kingfolk") in County Limerick is associated with a tale linked