nt_ 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
AND THE HEBRIDES 59

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

The Book of Hallowe'en

CHAPTER I

SUN-WORSHIP. THE SOURCES OF HALLOWE'EN

If we could ask one of the old-world pagans whom he revered as his
greatest gods, he would be sure to name among them the sun-god;
calling him Apollo if he were a Greek; if an Egyptian, Horus or
Osiris; if of Norway, Sol; if of Peru, Boc