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.
Halloweenâs origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death.