Halloween originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, where the Celts believed the spirits of the dead would come back to life. They would dress in costumes and light bonfires to ward off these spirits. Over time, carving pumpkins and wearing costumes became Halloween traditions. The document also describes several Philippine monsters and horror stories, including the manananggal which separates its torso to prey on pregnant women, and a story about a taxi driver picking up a mysterious white lady.

1. Happy Halloween!
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2. PHILIPPINE MONSTERS
AND HORROR STORIES

3. HISTORY OF
HALLOWEEN

4. “All Hallows Day”
More than 2000 years ago, the
Celts (now known as Ireland) set
November 1st as
“All Hallows Day”
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5. Hallows
✘ All Saints Day was known the as
“Hallowmas”
✘ Hallow = Holy or Saintly
✘ All Hallows Eve Halloween
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6. The Celtic believed that the spirits of
the dead would go back where they
lived to search for chances to come
back to life on October 31st.
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7. The Celtics would go on streets and
carry carrot lights and dress
themselves like devils to drive the
spirit away.
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Later on, carrot lights were replaced
by Pumpkins also known as
“Jack-o-Lanterns”

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Carving pumpkins and mask
became one of the Halloween
customs and orange became
Halloween’s color.

9. Overtime, Halloween became a happy festival.
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10. Duwende/
Dwarf
They are small, child-like creatures who
dwell in houses, trees, underground,
mounds, and rural areas.
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11. Kapre
Tall, dark, and rather filthy
giants whose hobby is
hiding atop large trees and
smoke rolls of cigar.
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12. Manananggal
At night, these winged creatures
separate their torso from their body
and use the upper half to fly on top
of houses and prey on fetuses of
pregnant women.
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Tik-tik
Tiktik is a bird that serves
as a spotter for its master,
which is the aswang/
manananggal.

14. White Lady
They’re wandering spirits of women
who died of injustice (victims of
rape, holdup, kidnapping, etc.) and
seeking for revenge/closure.
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15. It is a dark rainy night in Quezon City, Philippines. The
roads are largely deserted and a local taxi driver is
working the graveyard shift.
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16. As he drives along looking for passengers he spots a
lone woman standing in the shadows of the giant Balete
tree that gives the street its name.
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17. Puzzled as to why she’s out so late and all alone, he slows
down. Sure enough the woman steps forward and
indicates that she wants him to stop and pick her up. As
she climbs into the rear seat as he catches a glimpse of
the lady.
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18. Strangely dressed in a long flowing
white gown, the beautiful woman
looks sad and upset. The driver
gives her a few moments to
compose herself as he continues
along the drive.
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19. As he reaches a junction in the road he asks the
woman where’s her destination but there is no
reply. Turning around in his seat he cranes his neck
to ask the question again. But to his surprise there
was no one there.
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20. The Chair
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Betsy and her brother used to live
in a small farmhouse

22. They would find a cup beside their bed
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Mother would inch that chair forward, across the room,
towards them

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After they moved out, they found an old newspaper
article

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She poisoned them and hung herself

26. V O C A B U L A R I E S
✘ BROOM
✘ SKELETON
✘ WITCH
✘ ZOMBIE
✘ PUMPKIN
✘ DEVIL
✘ VAMPIRE
✘ SKULL
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V O C A B U L A R I E S
TOMBSTONE CAULDRON COFFIN

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V O C A B U L A R I E S
JACK-0-LANTERNSCARE CROW GRAVE

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