Halloween traditions: everything you wanted to know
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🗓️ 29 October 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time. |
| 0:05.0 | A bit of a different thing going on this week. |
| 0:07.3 | You've been immature and you've lied. |
| 0:10.3 | And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me. |
| 0:13.9 | I was trying to manipulate you. |
| 0:15.7 | Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window. |
| 0:18.1 | I know, I'd be like, are you joking? |
| 0:20.6 | I don't know. I guess you'd have to ask. Someone that has sex. Someone that has sex. And remember, it's just between us. Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming. I, uh. So, Benny has really blossomed this term. You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay. Oh, that's not quite what I meant. It's free to sell on there. Free to sell? Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket. You sold my guitar? Shall we talk about Benny? When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say you on it's eBay. |
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| 1:02.4 | Welcome to the History Extra podcast. |
| 1:05.8 | Fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. |
| 1:17.8 | Hello and welcome to this everything you wanted to know, Halloween special. |
| 1:23.4 | To explore the long history of all things that go bump in the night, |
| 1:27.8 | we've got a two-part special for you with the historian Professor Owen Davies, |
| 1:32.8 | who's written books on the history of witchcraft, magic, ghosts and other supernatural beliefs. |
| 1:39.2 | In this first episode, we're answering your questions on the history of the festival of Halloween and delving |
| 1:45.8 | into the origins of some of the most popular traditions that surround the 31st of October, |
| 1:51.6 | from the malicious and downright dangerous beginnings of trick or treating to the ethereal |
| 1:57.2 | inspirations for jacko lanterns. And in part two, which will be out tomorrow, |
| 2:03.1 | Owen will be tackling more listener questions |
| 2:05.1 | on the history and evolving mythology |
| 2:07.7 | of our most popular Halloween monsters. |
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