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Witches, pumpkins, and grinning ghosts: the story of the Halloween symbols /

Explains the origins of and relates stories associated with familiar Halloween symbols.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barth, Edna
Other Authors: Arndt, Ursula (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, Seabury Press [1972]
Subjects:
Halloween > Juvenile literature.
Halloween.
Halloween > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Literature.
Juvenile works.
Table of Contents:
  • Halloween-and before
  • The goblins will get you!
  • The halloween witch
  • The witch's familiars
  • The halloween cat
  • The owl-harbinger of evil
  • The mysterious bat
  • The unpopular toad
  • The witch's broomstick
  • Fire burn and cauldron bubble
  • Halloween ghosts
  • Rattling bones
  • Beware the Jack-O'Lantern
  • Black and orange
  • Nuts, apples, and cabbages predict the future
  • Halloween foods
  • The Halloween masquerade.