1. At first cock-crow the ghosts must go/Back to their quiet graves below. -Theodosia Garrison

2. Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble. -Shakespeare, “Macbeth”

3. On Hallowe’en the thing you must do/ Is pretend that nothing can frighten you /And if somethin’ scares you and you want to run/ Just let on like it’s Hallowe’en fun. -19th Century Halloween postcard

4. Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen/ Voices whisper in the trees, “Tonight is Halloween!” - Dexter Kozen

5. It’s Halloween! It’s Halloween! The moon is full and bright/ And we shall see what can’t be seen On any other night. Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls, Grinning goblins fighting duels/ Werewolves rising from their tombs, Witches on their magic brooms/ In masks and gown we haunt the street /And knock on doors for trick or treat/ Tonight we are the king and queen, For oh tonight it’s Halloween! -Jack Prelutsky

6. There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin. -Linus Van Pelt in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

7. ‘Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. -William Shakespeare

8. Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. -Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

9. Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg, and owlet’s wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. -William Shakespeare

10. My candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open… -Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

11. When witches go riding, and black cats are seen/the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween. -19th century Halloween postcard

12. One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place. - Emily Dickinson

13. From ghoulies and ghosties
And long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us! – Scottish Proverb

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