{"id":2088,"date":"2015-10-01T11:10:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T11:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/?p=2088"},"modified":"2018-12-20T12:35:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T12:35:14","slug":"7-facts-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/7-facts-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"#ThrowbackThursday \u2013 7 Facts That Bring The Spook This Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surveys have revealed that the spookiest time of the year makes for one of the most popular holidays of the year. We\u2019re talking about Halloween, the occasion that\u2019s about going about trick-or-treating in the most benign way.<\/p>\n

But that wasn\u2019t always so, as these 7 terrifying facts about Halloween will have you know.<\/p>\n

1. Eating a Cake in Halloween? Better not bite into a Thimble or Else\u2026..<\/h2>\n

You\u2019ll be unlucky in love! But really who puts a thimble in a cake? Back in the day people used to put all sorts of things in the Halloween cake so that they could tell someone their fortune (or misfortune). All it took was for some teeth to bite into an object that could\u2019ve earned them a trip to the dentist.<\/p>\n

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2. The Average American spends $1000 on coffee! And what about the toffees?<\/h2>\n

That\u2019s a lot of money for the caffeine habit. And we still haven\u2019t even broached the topic of chocolates. Some studies state that billions are spent on items to satiate the sweet tooth on Halloween. Only one making a killing post-Halloween might be the dentists!<\/p>\n

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3. Halloween \u2013 The slasher flick with a budget that\u2019s so bloody low<\/h2>\n

Remember the horror flick Halloween? The budget for that movie was so terrifyingly low that the geniuses behind the makeup team got a $2 mask of William Shatner for their lead serial killer in the movie. Michael Myers mask went on to make $70 million at the box office. Go figure.<\/p>\n

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4. Somerset\u2019s Punkie Night is the more scare-inducing version of Halloween<\/h2>\n

Imagine if you will, a village in Somerset where kids threaten people who don\u2019t cough up some sweet treats for them come Punkie Night. The King and Queen Punkie also do the rounds with an eery sounding song that goes like this:<\/p>\n

“It’s Punkie Night tonight<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>
\nIt’s Punkie Night tonight<\/em>
\nAdam and Eve would not believe<\/em>
\nIt’s Punkie Night tonight<\/em><\/em>“<\/p>\n

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5. Pumpkins? How about turnips for Jack o Lanterns?<\/h2>\n

That\u2019s right. Before them pumpkin heads became all famous, turnips used to be the objects that people carved those creepy eyes and mouth out of. We guess someone down the road just stumbled onto a pumpkin and the rest, as they say, is bloody history. Blame the Irish for this one folks. They do make nice turnip soups though.<\/p>\n

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6. Knives got no place in Germany on a cold Halloween night<\/h2>\n

Tis the day to be spooked and the Germans believe that they shouldn\u2019t leave some knives hanging around if they want to be safe from levitating sharp kitchen utensils. Their solution \u2013 hide all of them pointy objects lest some evil spirits injure themselves. Ghosts got feelings too you know?<\/p>\n

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Source: Pinterest<\/p>\n

7. The Beans of the Dead go round and round. In Italy.<\/h2>\n

What\u2019s that? A traditional Halloween recipe? The kind that\u2019s part cookie and part macaron? Italians love them some Fave dei Morti or Beans of the Dead. Perhaps George Romero had a hand in naming them?<\/p>\n

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So that\u2019s too much terrifying facts for this year\u2019s Halloween! Which ones your favorite? Do you think Halloween qualifies as America\u2019s most popular holiday<\/strong><\/a>? Or does that honor belong to some other event? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Surveys have revealed that the spookiest time of the year makes for one of the most popular holidays of the year. We\u2019re talking about Halloween, the occasion that\u2019s about going about trick-or-treating in the most benign way. But that wasn\u2019t always so, as these 7 terrifying facts about Halloween will have you know. 1. Eating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[325],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-throwbackthursday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2088"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4301,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2088\/revisions\/4301"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.surveycrest.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}