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The history of trick-or-treating traces back to Scotland and Ireland, where the tradition of guising, going house to house at Halloween and putting on a small performance to be rewarded with food or treats, goes back at least as far as the 16th century, as does the tradition of people wearing costumes at Halloween.
Oct 3, 2019 · Although it is unknown precisely where and when the phrase “trick or treat” was coined, the custom had been firmly established in American popular culture by 1951, when trick-or-treating was...
Oct 23, 2022 · Lisa Morton, author of Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween, traced one of the earliest mentions of typical Halloween celebrations to a letter from Queen Victoria about spending Halloween...
Oct 24, 2023 · According to a Merriam-Webster blog post, research conducted by etymologist Barry Popik suggests the term “trick or treat” first appeared in the early 1920s, when several Canadian newspapers...
Trick or treat as a set phrase had yet to fully gel as late as 1965, when in a Peanuts cartoon Charles Schulz has Lucy engaged in the activity with the words "TRICKS OR TREATS..." in the speech bubble hovering above her.
Oct 26, 2017 · By the 1930s, North America had a new term for the old tradition: trick-or-treating. And as suburbanization grew in the 1950s, trick-or-treating grew into the kid-friendly practice it’s...
Jul 13, 2022 · Children going door-to-door to collect treats is synonymous with modern-day Halloween. The phrase "trick or treat" dates back to the 1920s, but trick-or-treating seems to have originated from various cultural customs and traditions. Where and how did trick-or-treating start, and how has it evolved?
Oct 21, 2017 · The first appearance of trick-or-treating had people dressing up in exchange for food and drinks which was known as "mumming" in the Middle Ages. However, in the 9th century,...
Oct 22, 2019 · The first trick-or-treaters were poor children in medieval Europe, who would go door-to-door begging for food and money during the Celtic holiday Samhain — celebrated on October 31. In...
Oct 30, 2009 · The custom of trick-or-treating may have Celtic origins, related to the pagan celebration of Samhain, which marked the end of the harvest and the threshold of a new season. According to this...
