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Halloween Night
Scary dark night
No street light
Black cat
Witches tall hat...
Silvery Moon
Midnight soon!
Don't be scared
Don't be afraid
The ghosts and the goblins
are all homemade!!!
© 2000, Deborah Russell
Halloween traditions of trick-or-treating and jack-o-lanterns were brought to America in the 1840s by Irish escaping the Great Potato Famine. On Halloween, Irish peasants begged the rich for food and played practical jokes on those who refused. To avoid being tricked, the rich handed out cookies, candies, and fruit - a practice that turned into our present day trick-or-treating.
Bring forth the raisins and the nuts- Tonight All-Hallows' Spectre struts Along the moonlit way.
~John Kendrick Bangs
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