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Witches, pumpkins, and grinning ghosts : the story of the Halloween symbols / by Edna Barth ; illustrated by Ursula Arndt.

By: Barth, Edna.
Contributor(s): Arndt, Ursula [ill.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Clarion, c1972Description: 95 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0899190405; 0395288479.Subject(s): Halloween -- Juvenile literature | Symbolism -- Juvenile literature | Halloween | Symbolism | Halloween | Symbolism in HalloweenDDC classification: 394.2/646
Partial 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 witches 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.
Summary: Explains the origins of familiar Halloween symbols and relates stories associated with them.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 95.

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 witches 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.

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

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