Pa November 1 chaka chilichonse, ndi chikondwerero chachikhalidwe cha Kumadzulo. Ndipo tsopano aliyense amakondwerera "Halowini wa Halowini" (Halowini), yomwe imakondwerera pa October 31. Koma ambiri amakhulupirira kuti kuyambira 500 BC, Aselote (cELTS) okhala ku Ireland, Scotland ndi malo ena anasuntha chikondwererocho tsiku lina kutsogolo, ndiko kuti, October 31. kukonzanso, ndipo uyu ndi munthu amene alipo, tsiku limene chilimwe chimatha mwalamulo, ndiko kuti, chiyambi cha chaka chatsopano. Chiyambi cha nyengo yozizira. Chiyembekezo chokha cha kubadwanso pambuyo pa imfa. Anthu amoyo amaopa kuti akufa adzatenga miyoyo yawo, choncho anthu ena amazimitsa moto ndi kuwala kwa kandulo patsiku la lero, kotero kuti mizimu yakufayo isapeze anthu amoyo, ndipo amadziveka ngati zilombo ndi mizukwa kuti awopsyeze akufa. Pambuyo pake, adzayatsa nyali ndikuyamba chaka chatsopano cha moyo. Choyamba ndi nyali za dzungu, zomwe ziyenera kukhala nyali za karoti poyamba. Ireland ili ndi kaloti zazikulu.

Pali nthano ina apa. Akuti mwamuna wina dzina lake Jack anali chidakwa ndipo amakonda miseche. Tsiku lina Jack ananyenga satana mumtengo. Kenako anajambula mtanda pachitsacho n’kumuopseza mdierekezi kuti asayerekeze kutsika. Jack adapangana ndi satana kwa machaputala atatu, kulola satana kulonjeza kulodza kuti Jack asachite zachiwembu ndikumulola kuti atsike mumtengo. Jack atamwalira, moyo wake sukanakhoza kupita kumwamba kapena ku gehena, kotero akufa ake anayenera kudalira kandulo yaing'ono kuti amutsogolere pakati pa kumwamba ndi dziko lapansi. Kandulo kakang'ono kameneka kamakhala kodzaza mu radish yopanda kanthu.
M’zaka za m’ma 1800, anthu ambiri a ku Ireland amene anasamukira ku United States anaona maungu alalanje, aakulu, osavuta kusema, ndipo motsimikiza anasiya kaloti ndikugwiritsa ntchito maungu amphako kuti agwire mzimu wa Jack. Chochitika chachikulu cha Halloween ndi "Trick or Treat". Mwanayo atavala zochititsa mantha zamitundumitundu, akuliza belu la pakhomo la mnansi wake pakhomo, akufuula kuti: “Chinyengo kapena Chitani! Woyandikana naye (mwinanso atavala chovala chowopsa) amawapatsa maswiti, chokoleti kapena mphatso zazing'ono. Ku Scotland, ana adzanena kuti “Kuthambo kuli buluu, udzu ndi wobiriwira, tiyeni tikhale ndi Halowini yathu” akamapempha maswiti, ndiyeno adzalandira maswiti poimba ndi kuvina. Phwando lomwe linapereka maswiti lidzakhala lolemera komanso losangalala m'chaka chatsopano; phwando lomwe linalandira maswiti lidzadalitsidwa ndi mphatso. Ili ndi tsiku labwino kuti anthu azikulitsa malingaliro awo ndikusinthana wina ndi mnzake, kapena chisangalalo cha chikondwerero chokha ndicho phindu ndi tanthauzo lake.