Collectors' Halloween Cards

Although the earliest halloween cards are now collector's items, there are several sites where you can find copies which can be sent as e-cards. One of these is http://www.shaktiweb.com/ where you will find a charming collection of antique cards. These were designed for younger children so are not too scary. One shows a witch on her broomstick with the rhyme:

"If I were a witch upon a big switch,
A riding through the air,
I'd fly all around, then drop to the ground,
And give you an awful scare."

Rather more scary is one showing a young lad running away with a stolen pumpkin being chased by black-booted ghost.

"Halloween Pleasures" tells how:

"Of all the fun and merry jest,
To bob for apples is the best".

One last from this collection, and perhaps the scariest,shows a boy leaping in fright at the sight of a goblin with a pumpkin head with legend:

"I'm not afraid of spooks. Are you?
I'm just pretending they are true."