Hi M Like most things in the U.S. this has been imported from the U.K. where it goes back much further, it always makes me chuckle how Americans think that anything that goes back to the 19th century is ancient history.
Check this out for more background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick-or-treating Have a gruesome time tonight. G >From Bridgerule in glorious Devon, England. On 31 Oct 2013, at 16:31, "Martin G. McCormick" <[email protected]> wrote: > I was flipping through the cable channels last night and > ran across a program on the history of Halloween in the United > States. You may not choose to believe this, but it has gotten a > lot more civilized than it used to be and, like all things, a > lot more commercial. > ======================================== The Just-chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/just-chat> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the just-chat group at either of the following: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/just-chat/index.html> or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> You may subscribe with your RSS reader at the following URL: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
