How vampires come to be
1. Jumped over by an animal after death.
2. Born with red hair.
3. Excommunicated by the church.
4. Attacked by a vampire.
5. Not buried according to Church.
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6. Seventh child of same parents.
Source: "Halloween: Facts & Fun," (Jill Hierstein-Morris, Creatively Yours Pub., 1988)
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Witches became a symbol of all that was evil, and came to be associated with All Hallows Eve after the New England witch trials. The last American witch trial on record took place in Pennsylvania in 1730 and was reported by Benjamin Franklin.