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Halloween.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 2:16 pm
by Nero
Did everyone have a good Halloween?

PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:55 pm
by DAVID THOMPSON
Sure did ..... all the little monsters on my school bus shared there
candy with me
I had so much stuff i had to make 2 trips with the bike to haul it all home
:smt040

PostPosted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:05 pm
by phlat65
had a good time also, got all dressed up, went trick or treating with the kid, got a good haul. good times....

PostPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 4:40 am
by whysub01
trick or Treating has become popular in the UK now.

I don't mind if the little one's who dress up and make a good attempt at it (and are supervised), but it seems to have been hi-jacked by chav teenagers around most of the country-I see it as nothing more than begging with menaces.

I asked three of them (without costumes) who came banging on my door, that I would give them £10 each if they could tell me what he origins were, and what the significance of T&T was. Three blank stares, followed by one of them saying "Trick or Treat!". So I told them to F*** off and not to bother anyone else.

I don't know the origins either-who can throw some light on it?

When a kid, I used to do "Penny for the Guy", but haven't seen any kids doing it for years. Has anyone?

PostPosted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 5:12 pm
by RiverDrive
It was originally a pre-Christian Celtic thing. Something about the souls of the dead looking for bodies to inhabit. The costumes where to throw them off.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:10 pm
by F0ul_Oli
I remeber it had something to do with a horse s skull on a stick - but I might be confusing it with new year!!

All these celtic traditions look the same to me!!