Before Trick or treating came to Ireland

robo

I hate the expression "Trick or treating" cos it is so Americanised...and well I remember years ago Ireland had it's own expressions for this act! Can anyone else remember them?

I just remember the expression "Going out with the Pookah"!

Any thoughts on this people?

Sarky

I once went trick-or-treating to my local old folks' home dressed as the Grim Reaper. Thirteen years on and I still haven't stopped laughing...

dublin_apache

As kids we used to say "Help the halloween party" when knocking at doors ,

robo

dublin_apache wrote:

As kids we used to say "Help the halloween party" when knocking at doors ,

And did people sing a song or say a poem?

lol - grim reaper! That was evil Sarky

Gordon

In Scotland we went "Guising". We could do anything from sing a song to tell a joke (I always told a really **** joke and always f*cked up the punchline).

Earlier on in the 80's there would be really cool stuff like toffee apples, dooking for apples and other RAD stuff in everyones houses. Dat sh*t was da bomb.

Stephen

My ma still makes all the kids that come to a door sing a song or do some other such ****e before giving them anything.

Sarky

The true horror of Halloween is being forced to listen to some ham-fisted child produce a banshee wail from his/her tin whistle. The mere mention of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star at this time of year can send me into near-fatal flashbacks.

cazzy

I never heard of a pookah
In Galway they were mummers

Zhane

we used to say "Penny for Halloween" we obviously got more though lol

tck

'any fruit or nuts' is used as well

Karl Hungus

Sarky wrote:

The true horror of Halloween is being forced to listen to some ham-fisted child produce a banshee wail from his/her tin whistle. The mere mention of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star at this time of year can send me into near-fatal flashbacks.

OH YOU ****ING BASTARD!
You just sent my head crashing into my desk in one huge spaz-attack at the mere thought.

Lump

We used always sing a song or say a poem.... life as a kid was such a task. Now I have money and can buy stuff.... the whole affair is a lot easier. And I did look like a bit of a twat standing in Tesco singing.


John