Kowane mutum na da hoto na Halloween, da kuma abincin da aka ba shi, kuma sau da yawa ya ƙunshi 'yan kabeji mai yawa da kuma abubuwan' 'spooky' masu cin nama da ghosts da ghouls a duk inda suke.
Duk da haka, a Ireland, lokacin da ke yin bikin ranar 31 ga Oktoba, ba kawai Halloween ba ne kawai a yi la'akari, a wannan lokacin akwai Samhain, bikin tunawa na Irish-Celtic ga wadanda suka mutu wanda aka gudanar a rana ta farko na Nuwamba 1.
Wannan bikin bai yi kama da Halloween ba, amma dan kabilar Irish Samhain har yanzu yana da cikakken shaida a ko'ina cikin kasar.
Bernd Biege, marubuta a kan dukan abubuwan Irish ya gaya mana ranar 1 ga watan Nuwamba an san shi da al'adun Samhain , a fassara ta ƙarshe "ƙarshen lokacin rani" kuma ya furta wani abu kamar shuka-een kuma ƙarshen shekara Celtic da farkon hunturu. An dauki Samhain lokaci ne na tunani, kuma, a fili wani ɓangare ne na wani al'adar rikicewa.
Abincin da ake aiki a Ireland a wannan lokaci yafi samuwa a sauran ƙasashe, kuma ɗaya daga cikin shahararren Barm Brack ko Barnbrack kamar yadda aka sani. Wannan shi ne gurasa mai yalwaci da kuma yin buro tare da wasu abubuwa masu ƙananan ciki kamar alamar da ke nuna cewa za ku sami ƙauna na gaskiya da aure, wani abu mai ma'anar yana nufin cewa ba za ku taba yin aure ba, talauci da aka kwatanta da talauci da tsabar kuɗi za ku wadata. Kowane memba na iyali, kamar yadda kake tsammani, za i yanki da kulawa.
A yau ma manyan kantunan sayar da gurasa, kuma abin da kake so a ciki shi ne kawai zoben.
A al'ada, abinci na yau da kullum ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a Samhain a matsayin ranar marigayi Oktoba kuma ya fara Nuwamba, sai girbi ya kasance kuma abinci mai yawa. Duk da haka, lokacin da aka kira Samhain a matsayin All Hallows ko Day Saints duka, to, cin nama ba a yarda ba, don haka abincin ya zama abin cin ganyayyaki.
Hanyar gargajiya na Irish cikakke ga Samhain.
- Colcannon - wani tasa na dankali mai dankali da kabeji da Kale da albasarta na marmari (scallions). Yawancin lokaci yana aiki a matsayin tasa.
- Irish Stew - kamar dai yadda ya ce, wannan ita ce mafi kyaun filayen Ireland da aka yi da rago na duniya.
- Gurasar Soda - Gurasar da ake yi a dukan ƙasar Ireland a arewa da kudu.
- Boxty - dankalin turawa na Irish da wuri ana dafa shi a kan griddle.
- Ruhun Kyau - ƙananan, kayan dadi mai kyau ko tarts sau da yawa ana cika da 'ya'yan itace kuma wasu lokuta an sanya shi azaman gajere. An yi gurasa a matsayin kyauta ga ruhun matattu.
- Ƙarshen Irish - ba kamar Colcannon ba amma ba tare da kabeji ko Kale ba.
- Barm Brack - wanda aka bayyana a sama, rubutun 'ya'yan itace da ke dauke da cams don hango hasashen makomar mai binciken.
- Kudan zuma da Guinness Pie - mai zurfi, mai juyayi mai cike da nama a Irish Guinness, ainihin classic kuma cikakke ga yanayin da ke kusa da Halloween da Samhain.