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...Halloween has a very different meaning for Heaney...
...sense of Halloween was that sense of darkness of the year and spirits about," Heaney says. "This season is the old Celtic season of the winter, of the dark...
Heaney, who says he has never worn a Halloween costume, recalls many of Halloween's customs which originated in his native land...
...defining memory of Halloween is gazing out at a turnip skull with its blazing blue bottle eyes," he says. "I was terrified by my own creation...
Heaney says at the time he was growing up, the darkness of the streets and the lack of electrical lighting intensified Halloween's mystique...