The First Fire of Halloween

Thief. Trickster. Murderer.

Humans have forgotten why they once feared the púca.

But he will make them remember.

In the small Irish town of Athboy, there is a hill where the first fire was once lit each year to mark the beginning of Samhain. Bonfires would then be lit across the country, launching a festival to celebrate the last harvest before the harsh months of winter. On the night when the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead was at its thinnest, it was believed that the ...