Ixodes ricinus; sheep tick; sheep-tick (parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete).xodes persulcatus (bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete). Ixodes dentatus; Ixodes spinipalpis (usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats).
Halloween started in Ireland as a pagan holiday for people to celebrate the spirits of their ancestors. Then many, many years later people started dressing into costumes to sc â¦ are away evil spirits. Now in this day in age it is a known holiday for children of some countries to dress up and get candy.
Many European cultural traditions hold that Halloween is a time when magic is most potent and spirits can make contact with the physical world. In Christian times, it became a celebration of the evening before All Saintsâ Day. Immigrants from Scotland and Ireland brought the holiday to the United States. The commercialization of Halloween started in the 1900s, when postcards and die-cut paper decorations were produced.