[Annotatie]: The Book of Halloween gives the reader an account of the origin and history of Halloween and how it absorbed customs belonging to other days in the year, such as May Day, Midsummer, and Christmas.[Inhoudsopgave]: Preface7 CHAPTER I Sun-worship. The sources of Hallowe'en 9 CHAPTER II The Celts: their religion and festivals13 CHAPTER III Samhain23 CHAPTER IV Pomona29 CHAPTER V The coming of Christianity. All Saints'. All Souls33 CHAPTER VI Origin and Character of Hallowe'en Omens39 CHAPTER VII Hallowe'en beliefs and customs in Ireland41 CHAPTER VIII In Scotland and the Hebrides61 CHAPTER IX In England and Man79 CHAPTER X In Wales95 CHAPTER XI In Brittany and France101 CHAPTER XII The Teutonic Religion. Witches111 CHAPTER XIII Walpurgis Night125 CHAPTER XIV More Hallowtide Beliefs and Customs131 CHAPTER XV Hallowe'en in America137 Four poems155 Supplementary List of Readings, Recitations and Plays163 Post Scriptum[Flaptekst]: The first book-length history of Halloween The Book of Halloween (1919) gives the reader an account of the origin and history of Halloween and how it absorbed customs belonging to other days in the year, such as May Day, Midsummer, and Christmas. Author Ruth Edna Kelly intensely researched the subject blending history, folklore and mythology. The origins of Halloween are traced back to sun worship, Celtic religion, the Pomona festival and the Christian All Saints Day. Links are given with Teutonic witchcraft and Walpurgis Night. Special Halloween omens are discussed as well as the different ways this holiday was celebrated in Ireland, England and Man, Brittany and France, Scotland and the Hebrides, Wales and America. The time in which she produced this book was a special one in history, as it was in the early twentieth century and the classic picture of the witch as an old ugly hag, underwent a transformation in the midst of the rise of feminism.
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