| Halloween: Trick or Treaters 18:30 - Oct 31 with 3259 views | Bloots |
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 18:34 - Oct 31 with 2276 views | Dubtractor |
I was torn between begging and imported American tat, but went for the latter.
Terrible business, and so horribly wasteful. |  |
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 18:36 - Oct 31 with 2271 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 18:34 - Oct 31 by Dubtractor |
I was torn between begging and imported American tat, but went for the latter.
Terrible business, and so horribly wasteful. |
It originated in Scotland, not America, and is bigger than Christmas up here. |  |
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 18:38 - Oct 31 with 2265 views | Dubtractor |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 18:36 - Oct 31 by GlasgowBlue |
It originated in Scotland, not America, and is bigger than Christmas up here. |
The tradition of Halloween did, but not the form that we see it now. | |
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| I just popped down the local.... on 18:53 - Oct 31 with 2227 views | Bloots |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 18:38 - Oct 31 by Dubtractor |
The tradition of Halloween did, but not the form that we see it now. |
....supermarket and there was a gang of kids, probably all aged between 14 and 18 hanging around outside.
Probably about 20 of them.
They were all dressed head to toe in black, tracksuits and hoodies, not fancy dress.
You just know that they are going to be causing chaos later.
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 18:57 - Oct 31 with 2212 views | NthQldITFC |
Not too bad when it was just a hollowed out pumpkin, with the occasional bag of dog sh!t through your letter box if you told 'em to sod off, but all this plastic tape and sprayed crap left all over the place makes me wanna puke. |  |
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 19:04 - Oct 31 with 2191 views | MK1 |
Harmless fun for kids. (under 12s accompanied by an adult) |  |
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 19:15 - Oct 31 with 2173 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 18:38 - Oct 31 by Dubtractor |
The tradition of Halloween did, but not the form that we see it now. |
We call it Guising up here, and it's been going on since the 16th Century. Guising is short for disguising yourself as an evil spirit and knocking on doors getting fruit and nuts. | |
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 19:25 - Oct 31 with 2116 views | Keno |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 19:15 - Oct 31 by GlasgowBlue |
We call it Guising up here, and it's been going on since the 16th Century. Guising is short for disguising yourself as an evil spirit and knocking on doors getting fruit and nuts. |
Evil spirit you say
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 19:27 - Oct 31 with 2102 views | Keno |
Where’s the made up rubbish from Scotland to give kids an extra sugar rush and teach them Unhealthy eating habits from an early age option? [Post edited 31 Oct 2023 19:27]
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 19:28 - Oct 31 with 2092 views | Buhrer |
Nowadays its just harmless fun for kids, with less harm caused but not as much fun as I'd had. |  | | |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 19:30 - Oct 31 with 2080 views | eireblue |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 19:15 - Oct 31 by GlasgowBlue |
We call it Guising up here, and it's been going on since the 16th Century. Guising is short for disguising yourself as an evil spirit and knocking on doors getting fruit and nuts. |
Hmm, yes you can see how that happened, Scottish people being asked by a stranger if they have some fresh fruit, to eat, as a treat. Yep likely to be some evil afoot. |  | | |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 20:55 - Oct 31 with 1979 views | DJR |
I remember back in the 60s attending Halloween parties in the large hall in Arcade Street. They were run by the Scottish Society, and amongst the games for children, I remember dookin' for apples. |  | | |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:06 - Oct 31 with 1956 views | DJR |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 19:15 - Oct 31 by GlasgowBlue |
We call it Guising up here, and it's been going on since the 16th Century. Guising is short for disguising yourself as an evil spirit and knocking on doors getting fruit and nuts. |
I remember my mother talking about going out guising when she was growing up in Scotland. In the States, this custom morphed into trick or treat. And the tradition of carving out pumpkins obviously has its roots in the carving out of turnips to make scary lanterns on Halloween. | | | |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:09 - Oct 31 with 1936 views | SitfcB |
Bit of all of them  |  |
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:11 - Oct 31 with 1923 views | Steve_M |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:09 - Oct 31 by SitfcB |
Bit of all of them |
Did you take your son out with you when you went?. |  |
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:12 - Oct 31 with 1909 views | PhilTWTD |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 19:30 - Oct 31 by eireblue |
Hmm, yes you can see how that happened, Scottish people being asked by a stranger if they have some fresh fruit, to eat, as a treat. Yep likely to be some evil afoot. |
Think it actually originated in Ireland! |  | | |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:16 - Oct 31 with 1874 views | SitfcB |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:11 - Oct 31 by Steve_M |
Did you take your son out with you when you went?. |
Yes he only let me do an hour though  | |
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:18 - Oct 31 with 1865 views | eireblue |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:12 - Oct 31 by PhilTWTD |
Think it actually originated in Ireland! |
Checks Wikipedia….
Sooooo…as I was saying, another fine Celtic tradition adopted throughout the world, initially by the Scots. | | | |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:22 - Oct 31 with 1850 views | Keno |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:12 - Oct 31 by PhilTWTD |
Think it actually originated in Ireland! |
All the best things come from Ireland | |
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:23 - Oct 31 with 1844 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 18:36 - Oct 31 by GlasgowBlue |
It originated in Scotland, not America, and is bigger than Christmas up here. |
Quite. Americans were running around in buffalo skins and getting in some early audition practice for Dances With Wolves when it was popular in Scotland and Ireland. |  |
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:24 - Oct 31 with 1839 views | DJR |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:12 - Oct 31 by PhilTWTD |
Think it actually originated in Ireland! |
The name (properly Hallowe'en) is of Scottish origin; e'en being a Scottish contraction of evening. [Post edited 31 Oct 2023 21:30]
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:28 - Oct 31 with 1819 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 19:25 - Oct 31 by Keno |
Evil spirit you say
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Leave the Krankies out of this, you rotter | |
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 23:34 - Oct 31 with 1667 views | Illinoisblue |
Lack of tabloid scare stories warning of razor blades in candy so far. Poor effort thus far. |  |
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| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 23:37 - Oct 31 with 1660 views | Buhrer |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:23 - Oct 31 by Swansea_Blue |
Quite. Americans were running around in buffalo skins and getting in some early audition practice for Dances With Wolves when it was popular in Scotland and Ireland. |
So you've been trick or treating on Lakenheath Base? | | | |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 00:46 - Nov 1 with 1614 views | leitrimblue |
| Halloween: Trick or Treaters on 21:24 - Oct 31 by DJR |
The name (properly Hallowe'en) is of Scottish origin; e'en being a Scottish contraction of evening. [Post edited 31 Oct 2023 21:30]
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Halloween comes from the Celtic festival of samhain. October 31-November 1st. Was believed to be the night when the dead and otherworldly creatures rose and walked the earth. Was probably a orgytastic night of drink drugs and fire etc.Would have been celebrated in England,( the English were 'Celtic prior to the Roman invasion) Scotland, Wales and Ireland over 2000 years ago. Is especially linked with Ireland due to Oweynagat ( cave of the Cats Co,Roscommon) which was recorded in the 9-12C as being the place from where the otherworldly creatures etc descended from on samhain |  | | |
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