the Scottish Muses," wrote a poem about Halloween in 1780. Having twelve stanzas, the poem makes note of pranks at Halloween; "What fearfu' pranks ensue...
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by Jerry Seinfeld Halloween (novel), a 1979 novelization of the 1978 film "Halloween" (poem), a 1785 poem by Robert Burns Halloween (MÄR), a character...
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Halloween or Hallowe'en (less commonly known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve) is a celebration observed in many countries on 31...
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Narrative poetry (redirect from Narrative poem)
Samuel Butler The Dunciad and The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope Halloween (poem) by Robert Burns The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge...
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study old traditions, and hold a Scotch party, using Robert Burns's poem Halloween as a guide; or to go a-souling as the English used. In short, no custom...
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children's poems with a Halloween theme. The edition published by Scholastic Book Services (a division of Scholastic Inc.) omits one poem titled "Trick...
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Jack-o'-lantern (redirect from Halloween pumpkin)
born in Massachusetts in 1807, wrote the poem "The Pumpkin" (1850), which mentions Thanksgiving but not Halloween: Oh!—fruit loved of boyhood!—the old days...
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Trick-or-treating (redirect from Halloween: Trick or Treat)
Trick-or-treating is a traditional Halloween custom for children and adults in some countries. During the evening of Halloween, on October 31, people in costumes...
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(editor), Thirteen Horrors of Halloween Lesley Pratt Bannatyne (editor), A Halloween Reader: Poems, Stories, and Plays from Halloween Past Ray Bradbury (author)...
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (category American films about Halloween)
conceived by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, the King of "Halloween Town", who stumbles upon "Christmas Town" and schemes to take over the...
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literature portal Halloween ABC is a book of poetry for children, written by Eve Merriam and illustrated by Lane Smith. It includes a poem related to a scary...
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Typically, the festival centres around Halloween, perhaps a natural parallel given the atmosphere created by the poem and the fate of its protagonist. Past...
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Birdseye) 1989 Dancing Teepees: Poems of American Indian Youth (by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve) 1989 Halloween Poems (by Myra Cohn Livingston) 1989 Will's...
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Treehouse of Horror (redirect from The Simpsons Halloween Episodes)
a series of annual Halloween-themed anthology episodes of the animated sitcom The Simpsons. Also known as The Simpsons Halloween Specials, each episode...
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Danse macabre (Saint-Saëns) (category Halloween compositions)
a symphonic poem, replacing the vocal line with a solo violin part. According to legend, Death appears at midnight every year on Halloween. Death calls...
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of Halloween Town for his charming personality and aim to please, as he is well-meaning despite a lack of inhibition. He is in charge of Halloween, but...
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Belleville, New Jersey. He has said that his musical influences included "Halloween songs and nutty Christmas songs", along with Motown. After graduating...
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part of Halloween traditions. Perhaps the most common traditional Halloween costume is that of the ghost. This is likely because ... when Halloween customs...
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Casilla, Holiday House, 1989. Halloween Poems, illustrated by Gammell, Holiday House, 1989. Dilly Dilly Piccalilli: Poems for the Very Young, illustrated...
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for the "Siller Gun." He also wrote a poem on Hallowe'en in 1780 which influenced Robert Burns's 1785 poem Halloween. Mayne also wrote a version of the ballad...
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published "The Romance of Jack-o'-Lantern," a romantic poem, in poetry anthology The Rhyme Book. The poem described Stingy Jack's encounters with an angel and...
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television series The Addams Family (1964–1966) and in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977); Christina Ricci in the feature films...
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his classmate Richard the encouragement he needs to write a blue ribbon poem for the school writing contest. 47 107 "Cable Caper" July 20, 1985 (1985-07-20)...
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti (redirect from Poems by D. G. Rossetti)
(1849) and Astarte Syriaca (1877), while also creating art to illustrate poems such as Goblin Market by the celebrated poet Christina Rossetti, his sister...
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Samhain (category Halloween)
All Saints'/All Souls' influenced each other and the modern Halloween. Most American Halloween traditions were inherited from Irish and Scottish immigrants...
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Tam Lin (category Halloween fiction)
Wikisource Archive, Irish Traditional Music (9 March 2021). "Saturday night is Halloween night, song / Eddie Butcher". ITMA. Archived from the original on 1 July...
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Halloween, describing it as "neither a rewarding ghost story nor... science-fiction, though it borrows freely from both genres... Unlike Halloween,...
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countdown to Halloween's eve culminating with Pike 206, Happy Halloween: Silver Shamrock. Buckethead's next release, 365 Days Til Halloween: Smash (released...
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Treehouse of Horror (The Simpsons episode) (category Halloween television episodes)
Matt Groening was concerned that it would be seen as pretentious. On Halloween, Bart and Lisa sit in the treehouse and tell scary stories. Homer, who...
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