Hop-tu-Naa
Hop-tu-Naa is held on October 31. Isle of Man. This event in the third decade of the month October is annual. 
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Hop tu Naa is the oldest continuously-existing tradition in the Isle of Man. Celebrated on the 31st of October, Hop tu Naa is the Manx equivalent of Halloween, with some very important differences. Unmistakably, one of the key features of hop-tu-naa is the "moot" (turnip), which is hollowed out and decorated; there is also a range of popular folk songs with regional differences, in both English and Manx; there is a traditional folk dance still practiced across the Island today; and there are some unusual customs and supertitions which link back to the ancient Celtic beliefs about this time of year...
A Manx superstition included filling your mouth with water, holding a pinch of salt in each hand and listening at a neighbour’s door to their conversation; the first name mentioned was supposedly the name of your future husband.
The Manx Gaelic song “Jinny the Witch”, still sung by children to this day, is based on the real life witch trials of a Manx woman named Joney Lowney who was tried at Bishop’s Court for witchcraft in 1715 and 1716.
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