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The Dance of the Dead (2021)

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The Great Granddaddy of Halloween

The ancient Irish Celts celebrated Sowin, which is the great granddaddy of Halloween. They believed in these very malicious forms of fairies that they called the she. According to Celtic legend, fairies were a mythical race of people who were driven into the shadows when a conquering force arrived at their home.

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