UK Today News: Halloween Quotes, Sayings And Jokes To Go With That Spooky Costume
Halloween 2010 is barely a few hours away, and if people aren’t choosing their last minute costumes, they seem to be busy working on ways to make the day special – including reading about the history of this day, as well as hunting for some well known Halloween quotes and sayings.
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The Halloween holiday, which is widely celebrated in United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom on October 31, has people preparing for it in well in advance. For people across the globe, the first thing that comes to mind when you say “Halloween” is ghostly costumes, Jack-o-lantern’s and for some, even the Halloween movie series!
So what is the essence of Halloween all about? There is no better way to describe the day than with Halloween quotes and sayings – which people are free to sing in their own music, while parading in those spooky costumes.
Tis now the very witching time of night,
When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out
Contagion to this world.
– William Shakespeare
Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen,
Voices whisper in the trees, “Tonight is Halloween!”
– Dexter Kozen
Men say that in this midnight hour,
The disembodièd have power
To wander as it liketh them,
By wizard oak and fairy stream.
– William Motherwell
A thousand fearful images and dire suggestions glance along the mind when it is moody and discontented with itself. Command them to stand and show themselves, and you presently assert the power of reason over imagination.
– Sir Walter Scott
And, a few Halloween jokes to get you in the mood!
Q. What are ghosts’ favorite kind of streets?
A. Dead ends
Q. What is a vampires favorite holiday?
A. Fangsgiving
Q. What do spooky ghosts eat for breakfast?
A. Boo-Berries.
Q. What’s it called when a vampire has some issues with his house?
A. A grave problem.
Q. What did the skeleton say to the vampire?
A. You suck.
Don’t forget the parties and trick-o-treating this Halloween and spread the cheer around this season.
