The Witches Caldron
Witches and Warlocks have had a long history with Halloween. 
Legends tell of witches gathering twice a year  when the 
seasons changed, on April 30 - the eve of May Day and the other
was on the eve of October 31 - All Hallow's Eve. 
The witches would gather on thesenights, arriving on broomsticks,
to celebrate a party hosted by the devil.
Superstitions told of witches casting spells
on unsuspecting people, transform themselves into different forms and
causing other magical mischief.
It was said that to meet a witch youhad to put your clothes on wrong
side out and you had to walk backwards on
Halloween night. Then at midnight you would see a witch.
When the early settlers came to America, they brought along their belief in
witches. In American the legends of witches spread and mixed with the
beliefs of others, the Native Americans - who also believed in 
witches, and then later with the black magic beliefs of the African
slaves.