FOOTLIGHT DISTRICT RITUAL ARCHIVE
I would also like to thank the Head of the Department of Irish Folklore, University College, Dublin, for permission to quote extracts from the archives of the Irish Folklore Commission of 1941-42 and Patricia Fulton, the archivist of the Folklore and Language Archive at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, for permission to use materials pertaining to Halloween in its collection. Their suggestions helped me develop the arguments in the book and expand its horizons. Michael's College, Toronto, in October 1995, and at the School for American Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in March 1996. I would like to thank all the people who commented on my paper at that meeting and subsequently at the Celtic Studies conference at St. BORDER CROSSinGS 139 8.ĪCKnOWLEDGmEIlTS The idea for this book grew out of a York University conference that I organized in April 1995 with my colleague, Adrian Shubert, on the subject of Spectacle, Monument, and Memory.
The Struggle for a Safe and Sane Halloween, c. CominG OVER 49 Halloween in North America Includes bibliographical references and index. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rogers, Nicholas, 1944Halloween : from pagan ritual to party night / Nicholas Rogers. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Sao Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto and an associated company in Berlin Copyright © 2002 by Oxford University Press, Inc. HALLOWEEn From Pagan Ritual to Party Night