Tip Of Trick or Treat

In the 19^th 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:

.Always go trick-or-treating in groups. Never go alone!

. Never go inside the house of a stranger. Always wait outside the door for the treat.

. Stop trick-or-treating at 8 p.m.

. 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.