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| Preface | p. 9 |
| Introduction | |
| The Story of Halloween | p. 15 |
| The Christianization of Halloween | p. 17 |
| Halloween and Guy Fawkes Day | p. 18 |
| Divining the Future | p. 20 |
| The Irish in the United States | p. 22 |
| Trick or Treat? | p. 24 |
| Pranking | p. 25 |
| The Legend of Jack-o'-Lantern | p. 27 |
| Witches and Their Familiars | p. 30 |
| Halloween Today | p. 33 |
| Halloween Bibliography | p. 35 |
| Halloween Web Sites | p. 36 |
| Stories and Legends | |
| The Black Cat | p. 39 |
| The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | p. 51 |
| The Woodman and the Goblins | p. 84 |
| The King o' the Cats | p. 91 |
| The Witchstone of Scrapfaggot Green | p. 93 |
| And So To Bed | p. 101 |
| The Haunted Waxworks | p. 103 |
| The Coach of Death | p. 109 |
| Strange Happenings | |
| The Salem Witch Trials | p. 115 |
| The Amazing Mr. Home | p. 120 |
| The Curse of the Chases | p. 123 |
| The Stratford Poltergeist | p. 127 |
| The Great Houdini | p. 133 |
| Poems | |
| Hallowe'en | p. 137 |
| Tam O' Shanter: A Tale | p. 148 |
| Broomstick Train; or Return of the Witches | p. 156 |
| Shadow March | p. 161 |
| Little Orphant Annie | p. 162 |
| The Ghost's Confession | p. 164 |
| I Saw Three Witches | p. 169 |
| The Cat! | p. 170 |
| The Hag | p. 171 |
| Halloween | p. 172 |
| Witch Cat | p. 174 |
| Theme in Yellow | p. 175 |
| Hallowe'en | p. 176 |
| Ghosts | p. 177 |
| Wicked Witch's Kitchen | p. 178 |
| From Ghoulies and Ghosties (from: A Cornish Litany) | p. 179 |
| Wailed a Ghost in a Graveyard at Kew | p. 179 |
| Pumpkin People | p. 180 |
| All Hallow's Eve | p. 182 |
| Next Day | p. 183 |
| To Pumpkins at Pumpkin Time | p. 184 |
| The Haunted House | p. 185 |
| Pumpkin | p. 186 |
| Forbidden Sounds | p. 187 |
| All Hallowe'en | p. 188 |
| The Witch | p. 189 |
| The Bird of the Night | p. 190 |
| Plays | |
| A Hallowe'en Husband (anon.) | p. 193 |
| The Haunted Cottage (anon.) | p. 201 |
| Halloween Magic (anon.) | p. 212 |
| The Halloween Ghost (anon.) | p. 219 |
| Activities | |
| Classic Pumpkin-Carving | p. 231 |
| How to Make a Halloween Lantern | p. 237 |
| A Halloween Mobile | p. 239 |
| Ten Quick and Easy Halloween Costumes | p. 242 |
| More Halloween Costume Ideas | p. 245 |
| "Bag" Costumes | p. 255 |
| "Box" Costumes | p. 257 |
| Regular Clothes as Costumes | p. 260 |
| How to Make a Mask | p. 262 |
| Fortune-Telling Activities | p. 264 |
| Ghostly Antidotes | p. 268 |
| Halloween Superstitions | p. 269 |
| How to Make a Spider's Web | p. 271 |
| Halloween Games and Stunts | p. 272 |
| How to Conduct a Spirit Seance | p. 276 |
| How to Stage a "Chamber of Morbius" | p. 279 |
| How to Haunt a House | p. 281 |
| Recipes | |
| Ten Fun Food Ideas for Halloween | p. 295 |
| Homemade Pumpkin Filling | p. 297 |
| Pumpkin Pie | p. 298 |
| Roasted Pumpkin Seeds | p. 299 |
| Pumpkin Bread | p. 300 |
| Pumpkin Soup | p. 301 |
| Flap Jack-o'-Lanterns | p. 302 |
| Harvest Squares | p. 303 |
| Pumpkin-Walnut Muffins | p. 304 |
| Pumpkin-Eater Cookies | p. 305 |
| Jack-o'-Lantern Beef Stew | p. 306 |
| All Souls' Bread | p. 310 |
| Green Pepper Monsters | p. 311 |
| Baked Acorn Squash | p. 312 |
| Halloween Applesauce | p. 314 |
| Bobbing Apple Punch | p. 315 |
| Mulled Cider | p. 315 |
| Candied Apples | p. 316 |
| German Apple Cake | p. 317 |
| Skull Cake | p. 318 |
| Spooky Eyeballs | p. 319 |
| Gingerbread Ghosts | p. 320 |
| Gingerbread Jack-o'-Lanterns | p. 321 |
| Popcorn Balls | p. 322 |
| Halloween Nut Balls | p. 323 |
| Indexes | |
| Author and Title Index | p. 327 |
| Index to First Lines of Poetry | p. 331 |
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