@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt163t9vt.14,
 ISBN = {9780813165554},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt163t9vt.14},
 abstract = {Halloween is celebrated on October 31, but it did not become a holiday in the United States until the nineteenth century. The traditions of the Puritans still lingered, and this restricted the observance of many holidays, including Halloween.Then nearly two million Irish immigrated to the United States after the Irish Potato Famine (1845–1849). They brought with them their heritage of Irish legends and Halloween. Scottish immigrants to Canada and the United States brought their own version of Halloween.Many celebrated the holiday with home parties centered on children’s activities, but outside pranks and mischief be came common as},
 bookauthor = {Roberta Simpson Brown and Lonnie E. Brown},
 booktitle = {Haunted Holidays: Twelve Months of Kentucky Ghosts},
 pages = {145--178},
 publisher = {University Press of Kentucky},
 title = {Halloween},
 year = {2015}
}