The Book Of Hallowe'en
by Ruth Edna Kelley
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About this eBook
- Author
- Kelley, Ruth Edna
- Title
- The Book of Hallowe'en
- Credits
- Produced by Suzan Flanagan, Ted Garvin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GT: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Manners and customs
- Subject
- Halloween
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 20644
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20644
- Release Date
- February 21, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Book of Hallowe'en — By — RUTH EDNA KELLEY, A. M. Lynn Public Library — BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — The Book of Hallowe'en
- 5.CHAPTER I — SUN-WORSHIP. THE SOURCES OF HALLOWE'EN
- 6.CHAPTER II — THE CELTS: THEIR RELIGION AND FESTIVALS
- 7.CHAPTER III — SAMHAIN
- 8.CHAPTER IV — POMONA
- 9.CHAPTER V — THE COMING OF CHRISTIANITY. ALL SAINTS'. ALL SOULS'
- 10.CHAPTER VI — ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF HALLOWE'EN OMENS
- 11.CHAPTER VII — HALLOWE'EN BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS IN IRELAND
- 12.CHAPTER VIII — IN SCOTLAND AND THE HEBRIDES
- 13.CHAPTER IX — IN ENGLAND AND MAN
- 14.CHAPTER X — IN WALES
- 15.CHAPTER XI — IN BRITTANY AND FRANCE
- 16.CHAPTER XII — THE TEUTONIC RELIGION. WITCHES
- 17.CHAPTER XIII — WALPURGIS NIGHT
- 18.CHAPTER XIV — MORE HALLOWTIDE BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS
- 19.CHAPTER XV — HALLOWE'EN IN AMERICA
- 20.Magazine References to Hallowe'en Entertainments
- 21.Supplementary List of Readings, Recitations, and Plays
- 22.INDEX TO QUOTATIONS
- 23.INDEX — TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
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