A Hallowe'en anthology : literary and historical writings over the centuries

Morton, Lisa, 1958- (Added Author).

Summary: "Works on the history of Halloween, from pre-Christian Celtic myths to early 20th century articles, entries include poems, short stories, sections from 19th and 20th century folklore books, a one-act play, Irish and Scottish folk tales, and the first book on Halloween ever published. Annotations make the original source materials more palatable for modern readers"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780786436842 (softcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0786436840 (softcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
vi, 208 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-204) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Three Celtic Samhain Myths (800 B.C. -- A.C. 500, adapted by Lady Gregory) -- Tamlane (1548, adapted by Sir Walter Scott) -- Flyting Against Polwart (Alexander Montgomerie, 1584) -- Hallowe'en (Robert Burns, 1785) -- Of Allhallow Even (from Observations on Popular Antiquities, John Brand, 1810) -- Hallowe'en at Balmoral Castle (1869) -- October 31 (from Chamber's Book of Days, R. Chambers, 1869) -- Hallowe'en (from Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine, Helen Elliott, 1870) -- The Return of the Native (excerpt, Thomas Hardy, 1878) -- Halloween: A Threefold Chronicle (from Harper's Monthly Magazine, William Sharp, 1886) -- Three stories from Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland (Lady Wilde, 1887) -- Elsie's Hallowe'en Experience (Mary D. Brine, 1888) -- Guleesh na Guss dhu (from Beside the Fire: A Collection of Irish Gaelic Folk Stories adapted by Douglas Hyde, 1890) -- Hallowe'en: How to Celebrate It (Martha Russell Orne, 1898) -- The Young Man in the Fairy Knoll (from Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland Collected Entirely from Oral Sources, John Gregorson Campbell, 1900) -- Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx (excerpt from Volume I, Sir John Rhys, 1901) -- Samhain, Hallowmas (excerpt from Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, John Gregorson Campbell, 1902) -- More Folklore from the Hebrides (excerpt from Folk-lore Volume XIII, A. Goodrich-Freer, 1902) -- A European Custom of Pagan Times Brought Over to America (Halloween at Chicago) (from Internationaler Amerikanisten-Kongress, Jonkheer L.C. van Panhuys, s'Gravenhage, 1904) -- The Ignis Fatuus, Its Character and Legendary Origin (from The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 17, no. 65, William Wells Newell, 1904) -- Hallowmass (from Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and Popular Customs ..., Volume 1, W. Carew Hazlitt, 1905) -- Hallowe'en (from The School Arts Book, Volume Five, Emma Woodman, 1906) -- Hallowe'en (from Pleas of the Negro Soldier and a Hundred Other Poems, Corporal Charles Frederick White, 1908) -- The Hallowe'en Fires (from The Golden Bough, Part VII: Balder the Beautiful, Volume I, Sir James G. Frazer, 1913) -- Who Was Scared? (from The Complete Hallowe'en Book, Elizabeth F. Guptill, 1915) -- In Brittany and France (from The Book of Hallowe'en, Ruth Edna Kelley, 1919) -- Present-Day Mumming at Brooklyn (from English Pageantry: An Historical Outline, Robert Withington, 1920).