In the 19th
century Irish immigrants took their Halloween custums to the United States.
They introduced the custums of " trick or treating hundred of years ago.
In Ireland,groups of farmers travelled from house to house. They
asked for food for the villages Halloween party. They promise good
luck to those who were generous, and they frightened those who were
not generous.
American and British
children and teenagers go " trick-or-treating" on Halloween evening.
They go around their neighbourhood from house to house in their costumes
and masks and ring doorbells. When the door opens they shout, " Trick
or treat?, and people usually give them a treat: sweets, biscuits, fruit
or money; if the neighbour doesn´t give a treat, the children often play
a trick. Typical Halloween tricks are: writing on doors with coloured
pens, writing on windows with soap, and spraying cream on cars and people.
In the United States, these are the "safety rules" when you go
trick-or-treating:
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Always go trick-or-treating in groups. Never go alone!
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Never go inside the house of a stranger. Always wait outside the door for the treat.
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Stop trick-or-treating at 8 p.m.
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Ask an adult to look at the sweets and biscuits before you eat them.
Do not eat sweets or biscuits that are not factory wrapped.