Special acknowledgment is made to Messrs. E. P. Dutton & Company for permission to use the poem entitled "Hallowe'en" from "The Spires of Oxford and Other Poems," by W. M. Letts; to Messrs. Longmans, Green & Company for the poem "Pomona," by William Morris; and to the Editors of The Independent for the use of five poems.
RUTH EDNA KELLEY.
Lynn, 1919.
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | Sun-Worship. The Sources of Hallowe'en | [1] |
| II. | The Celts: Their Religion and Festivals | [5] |
| III. | Samhain | [16] |
| IV. | Pomona | [23] |
| V. | The Coming of Christianity. All Saints'. All Souls' | [27] |
| VI. | Origin and Character of Hallowe'en Omens | [33] |
| VII. | Hallowe'en Beliefs and Customs in Ireland | [35] |
| VIII. | Hallowe'en Beliefs And Customs in Scotland | [59] |
| and the Hebrides | ||
| IX. | Hallowe'en Beliefs and Customs in England and Man | [82] |
| X. | Hallowe'en Beliefs and Customs in Wales | [101] |
| XI. | Hallowe'en Beliefs and Customs in Brittany and France | [107] |
| XII. | The Teutonic Religion. Witches | [119] |
| XIII. | Walpurgis Night | [136] |
| XIV. | More Hallowtide Beliefs and Customs | [142] |
| XV. | Hallowe'en in America | [149] |
| "Four Poems" | [172] | |
| Magazine References To Hallowe'en Entertainments | [179] | |
| Supplementary List of Readings, Recitations, and Plays | [182] | |
| Index to Quotations | [184] | |
| Index | [188] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| Hallowe'en Festivities | [Frontispiece] |
| facing page | |
| In Hallowe'en Time | [34] |
| The Witch of the Walnut-Tree | [100] |
| The Witches' Dance (Valpurgisnacht) | [138] |
| Fortune-Telling | [148] |
| Hallowe'en Tables, I | [156] |
| Hallowe'en Tables, II | [158] |
| No Hallowe'en without a Jack-o'-lantern | [178] |