Ngomhla lu-1 kuLwezi wonyaka ngamunye, kuwumkhosi wendabuko waseNtshonalanga. Futhi manje wonke umuntu ugubha “u-Eva We-Halloween” (i-Halloween), egujwa ngo-Okthoba 31. Kodwa kunenkolelo evamile ukuthi kusukela ngo-500 BC, amaCelt (cELTS) ahlala e-Ireland, eScotland nakwezinye izindawo ahambisa umkhosi ngolunye usuku phambili, okungukuthi, ngo-Okthoba 31. ukuvuselela, futhi yilo muntu okhona, usuku lapho ihlobo liphela ngokusemthethweni, okungukuthi, ukuqala konyaka omusha. Ukuqala kobusika obunzima. Okuwukuphela kwethemba lokuvuselelwa ngemva kokufa. Abantu abaphilayo bayesaba imiphefumulo efile ukuba ithathe izimpilo zabo, ngakho abanye abantu bacisha umlilo namakhandlela ngalolu suku, ukuze imiphefumulo efile ingabatholi abantu abaphilayo, futhi bagqoke izilo nezipoki zokwesabisa imiphefumulo efile. Ngemva kwalokho, bazobusa ukukhanya kwekhandlela futhi baqale unyaka omusha wokuphila. Okubalulekile kuqala yizibani zamathanga, okufanele zibe izibani ze-carrot ekuqaleni. I-Ireland inothe ngezaqathi ezinkulu.

Kukhona enye inganekwane lapha. Kuthiwa indoda okuthiwa nguJack yayiyisidakwa futhi ithanda ukwenza imigilingwane. Ngelinye ilanga uJack wakhohlisa udeveli wamfaka esihlahleni. Wabe eseqopha isiphambano esiphunzini futhi wethusa usathane ukuze angalinge ehle. UJack waba nesivumelwano nodeveli izahluko ezintathu, evumela udeveli athembise ukuthakatha ukuze uJack angalokothi enze ubugebengu futhi amdedele ehle esihlahleni. Ngemva kokufa kukaJack, umphefumulo wakhe wawungakwazi ukuya ezulwini noma esihogweni, ngakho-ke u-undead kwadingeka athembele ekhandlela elincane ukuze limqondise phakathi kwezulu nomhlaba. Leli khandlela elincane lipakishwe ku-radish engenalutho.
Ngekhulu le-18, inani elikhulu labantu base-Ireland abathuthela e-United States babona amathanga awolintshi, amakhulu, alula ukuwaqopha, futhi ngokuqiniseka badela izaqathe futhi basebenzisa amathanga anezimbobo ukuze babambe umphefumulo kaJack. Umcimbi oyinhloko we-Halloween uthi "Ukukhohlisa noma Ukuphatha". Ingane egqoke zonke izinhlobo zokwethuka okuhlukahlukene, ishaya insimbi emnyango kamakhelwane, imemeza: “Qhatha noma Phatha!” Umakhelwane (mhlawumbe futhi ogqoke imvunulo esabekayo) angabanikeza uswidi, ushokoledi noma izipho ezincane. EScotland, izingane zizothi “Isibhakabhaka siluhlaza, utshani buluhlaza, sengathi singaba ne-Halloween yethu” lapho becela amaswidi, bese bethola amaswidi ngokucula nokudansa. Iqembu elinikeze umaskandi lizobe licebile futhi lijabule onyakeni omusha; iqembu elithole uswidi lizobusiswa liphiwe. Lolu wusuku oluhle lokuba abantu bajulise imizwa yabo kanye nokuxoxisana bodwa, noma umkhathi ojabulisayo womkhosi ngokwawo uwukubaluleka nencazelo yawo.