Witches’ Brew

Witches’ Brew Ingredients For spice syrup 2 cinnamon sticks 5 whole cloves 3 tablespoons finely chopped peeled fresh ginger 1/3 cup water 1/3 cup sugar A chilled 25.4-ounce bottle sparkling cider (about 3 1/4 cups) A chilled 1-quart bottle cranberry juice cocktail A chilled 1-liter bottle club soda or seltzer water 1 cup dark … Continue reading Witches’ Brew

Pumpkin Abundance Lights

Pumpkin Abundance Lights 6 miniature pumpkins 6 tea lights Knife or pumpkin carving tools Cut off the tops of the little pumpkins and clean them out (save those seeds!) Cut faces into the pumpkins. Insert tea lights. Hold your hands over the pumpkins and chant: “Gold and silver coins galore all are coming to your … Continue reading Pumpkin Abundance Lights

Bean Sidhe

Magical Creature of Samhain — Bean Sidhe Samhain is the night of the year when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thinnest, fitting for the mythological creature of Samhain, the bean sidhe. The bean sidhe’s screeching cry is considered the omen of death. The name bean sidhe or … Continue reading Bean Sidhe

Caramel Apples

Indulgent Caramel Apples Ingredients 6 -8 small red and/or green tart apples, such as Granny Smith, Macintosh or Jonathan 6 -8 wooden craft or Popsicle sticks 2 cups assorted toppings, such as coarsely chopped mixed nuts, pistachios, peanuts, almonds or cashews; coconut, toasted; candy-coated milk chocolate pieces; candy-coated peanut butter-flavored pieces; miniature semisweet chocolate pieces; … Continue reading Caramel Apples

Samhain Scottish Custom

“There is an old Scottish custom of eating an apple on Samhain night while looking into the mirror. Legend says that you will see your true love reflected there. A Victorian Halloween card states the following verse: On Halloween look in the glass, Your future husband’s face shall pass. A modern adaptation of this … Continue reading Samhain Scottish Custom