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Trick-or-treating is a traditional Halloween custom for children and adults in some countries. During the evening of Halloween, on October 31, people in costumes travel from house to house, asking for treats with the phrase "trick or treat". The "treat" is some form of confectionery, usually candy /sweets, although in some cultures money is ...
23 paź 2022 · Here’s how trick-or-treating evolved. The origin of Halloween. Halloween is thought to date back more than 2,000 years to Samhain, a Celtic New Year’s Day that fell on November 1.
3 paź 2019 · Why do children dress in costume and knock on strangers' doors to ask for treats on Halloween? The practice can be traced to the ancient Celts, early Roman Catholics and...
31 paź 2022 · Trick or Treat began hundreds of years ago in medieval England, when people would go door to door offering a pray or a song in exchange for food.
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18 lis 2009 · Borrowing from European traditions, Americans began to dress up in costumes and go house to house asking for food or money, a practice that eventually became today’s “trick-or-treat” tradition.
24 paź 2023 · It was practiced in early 20th century Irish and Scottish immigrant communities, but trick-or-treating didn’t really spread until the 1920s and 1930s, while Halloween pranking raged.
By the 16th century, “guising” was common in Scotland and Ireland on All Hallows’ Eve: Children, disguised as ghouls, made the rounds, receiving treats to ward off malign spirits.
