Halloween

 Well, it's over once again and I swear I'm looking more like a witch with every year. Soon no costume will be necessary at all!
I held a Halloween party for my elementary school students and another for small children at Obaachan no Tamatebako toy and book shop in Kichijoji (see pic.)
  

I also talked about the history of Halloween at the local high school where I teach part-time. Many students are surprised to hear that the tradition of Halloween actually started thousands of years ago in Celtic Britain. The practice of wearing costumes and lighting bonfires was to scare away the bad spirits that were believed to be flying around on that night.
As Halloween is a special magical night there are many traditional fortune-telling activities for that night only.
For example, if you eat an apple, whilst combing your hair and looking into a mirror by candlelight, the face of your future spouse will appear over your left shoulder (reflected in the mirror.)
Another fortune-telling game is to peel an apple trying to make the peel as long as possible. You hold the peel in your right hand and throw it backwards over your left shoulder. The shape of the peel on the floor is the first letter of your future husband's or wife's first name.
We tried this one in class and it was quite hilarious - particularly where the peel sometimes ended up...
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