title: The Hallowed Eve: Dimensions of Culture in a Calendar Festival in Northern Ireland (Irish Literature, History, and Culture)
author:  Jack Santino 
description: An excellent and incisive probe into what a festival means to a separated culture." -- <i>Journal of Popular Culture</i><br /><br />The definitive look as the uniquely Irish origins of Halloween. -- <i>Green Man Review</i>
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  # The Book of Hallowe'en
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Ruth Edna Kelley
  
  
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  * [PREFACE.](hall_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER I. SUN-WORSHIP. THE SOURCES OF HALLOWE'EN](hall_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II. THE CELTS: THEIR RELIGION AND FESTIVALS](hall_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III. SAMHAIN](hall_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV. POMONA](hall_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V. THE COMING OF CHRISTIANITY. ALL SAINTS'.
  
  
  ALL SOULS'
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI. ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF HALLOWE'EN
  
  
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  * [CHAPTER VII. HALLOWE'EN BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS IN
  
  
  IRELAND
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII. IN SCOTLAND AND THE HEBRIDES](hall_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX. IN ENGLAND AND MAN](hall_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X. IN WALES](hall_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI. IN BRITTANY AND FRANCE](hall_split_13.html#1_0_13)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XII. THE TEUTONIC RELIGION. WITCHES](hall