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Halloween treats that will leave everyone screaming for more!

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Photo: Copyright: didesign021 / 123RF Stock Photo “Scary Biscuits!” The little girl shrieked. “Yes,” said her mum, as she finished brushing the black and green hair and popped the witch’s hat on top of her daughter. “So don’t forget to take the basket for your goodies!” “Can you remember your poem?” the mother asked. The little girl thought briefly, took a deep breath and then recited: “One dark cold October night, Three little witches gave you a fright. One was in red, and one was in green, And the third one was screaming ‘It’s Halloweeeeeeeeeeen!’” Traditionally Halloween was celebrated by the Celts. It marked the end of summer and the harvest-time with the beginning of the darker winter months. The Celts believed that this point in the year was also when the worlds of the living and dead interacted with one another, and ghosts returned to earth to cause mischief and mayhem. These days Halloween is an altogether more commercial event. Parents now purchase elabor