Issue 62 October 2017 Village Eye
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Towards<br />
the end of<br />
<strong>October</strong><br />
there is<br />
often a buzz<br />
in the air, as<br />
children begin<br />
to get excited<br />
about Halloween<br />
and going ‘Trick<br />
or Treating’. We<br />
all know the<br />
practice.<br />
The children get<br />
dressed up in<br />
their costumes,<br />
knock on doors<br />
and challenge the<br />
house holder by<br />
asking, Trick or<br />
Treat?<br />
Of course, these<br />
days most Trick<br />
or Treaters only<br />
knock on the<br />
doors of their<br />
friends (often<br />
prearranged!)<br />
or at the<br />
very least, knock the<br />
doors of the neighbours<br />
who are displaying<br />
a pumpkin or other<br />
decorations.<br />
So, the question ‘Trick<br />
or Treat’ is posed and<br />
the children are pretty<br />
confident that, faced<br />
with this ‘terrifying’<br />
band of young pirates,<br />
superheroes, pumpkins<br />
and princesses that the<br />
householder will answer<br />
‘Treat’ and present<br />
them with a bowl<br />
of sweets.<br />
If you’re a<br />
cavityfearing<br />
parent,<br />
you<br />
might<br />
want<br />
to<br />
encourage the<br />
householders that<br />
you’re visiting to<br />
answer ‘Trick’. Task<br />
the kids with thinking<br />
up some tricks to play<br />
before you go out. It’s<br />
just a bit of fun, the<br />
“tricks” are as scary as<br />
a knock-knock joke is<br />
funny.<br />
One of our readers gave<br />
us a great example<br />
of this, “We used to<br />
chant, “Trick or Treat,<br />
you’ll smell my feet,<br />
if you don’t give me<br />
something good to eat!”<br />
Then if they said trick<br />
we’d wave dirty socks<br />
at them. Poooeeey!<br />
You could have a bowl<br />
of lollies outside with<br />
a walkie-talkie in the<br />
bottom of the bowl.<br />
Scare people with it<br />
when they reach for<br />
lollies. Another fun<br />
trick on halloween is<br />
to make caramel<br />
covered onions instead<br />
of apples. Or maybe<br />
you could spend some<br />
time making chocolate<br />
covered par-boiled<br />
sprouts... (yes, we’ve<br />
tried this!) Wrap them<br />
up in old ferro rocher<br />
wrappers (of course<br />
you’ll have to eat these<br />
yourself - shame)<br />
Hand these to the<br />
householder that asks<br />
for a trick and they will<br />
get a nasty surprise as<br />
they bite into one!<br />
But be careful, some<br />
householders may be<br />
getting ready to trick<br />
you back. Oh yes, those<br />
who do enter into the<br />
spirit of Hallowe’en<br />
may be looking for their<br />
own entertainment.<br />
Mwahahaha!<br />
Some will dress up<br />
and decorate their<br />
hallway, answering<br />
as a witch or another<br />
scary character. One<br />
particularly fun Dad we<br />
spoke to dressed up as<br />
a scarecrow and sat in<br />
a chair outside his door<br />
looking limp and lifeless<br />
with a bowl of sweets<br />
in his lap. As the trick<br />
or treaters approached<br />
he came to life. Now<br />
THAT’s scary!<br />
If you want to really<br />
confuse the trick or<br />
treaters, when you’re<br />
asked ‘Trick or Treat?’,<br />
try saying “Ooh, treat<br />
please!‘ and watch their<br />
confused little faces...<br />
Whatever you and<br />
yours are doing this<br />
Halloween, enjoy!<br />
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<strong>Issue</strong> <strong>62</strong> <strong>October</strong> D <strong>2017</strong>(Paul).indd 35 19/09/<strong>2017</strong> 17:32