[_] trick or treaters (was How difficult / How costly ?)
andrew holway
andrew at moonet.co.uk
Thu Nov 1 11:41:56 GMT 2007
Actually it was treat or be tricked. Im sure in some parts of the city the traditional turning tricks for treats went unaffected. On 01/11/2007, Christian Wach <needle at haystack.co.uk> wrote: > On 1 Nov 2007, at 10:54, Steve Kirtley wrote: > > > We got two groups all night, very very poor turn out. > > I'd happily give treats to children who turn up in the spirit of > "guising", where they had to *actually perform a trick* to get a > treat. Sadly, this practice seems to have been replaced by an awful > Americanised "treat us or we intimidate you" variety. Let's hope the > poor turn out you experienced is a sign that this is on the wane. > > Happy Samhain! > > -- > underscore_ list info/archive -> http://www.under-score.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/underscore >