Trick or Treating Declarations
If you have participated in either end of trick or treating what was the common way for the trick or treaters to declare their presence?
When I was little it was ring the doorbell and then exclaim trick or treat when someone appeared. Older - we would lose our voices by the end of the night as we avoided ringing doorbells as much as possible and would just yell trick or treat loudly.
And when we were old enough to not have a parent right there with us but still young enough where adults would laugh it off the song -
Trick or treat
Smell my feet
Give me something good to eat
Not too big
Not too small
Just the size of [insert local mall name] mall!
Not the most polite thing, but get a bunch of pre-teens excited and well .... there's worse things that could happen! Thankful to all the wonderful treat givers who just laughed at us!
@AffyAvo
We don't have "trick or treat" in Nepal, but i genuinely like the concept. I wish we had it here as well. It also reminds me of "deusi and vailo". In Nepal, during the festival of Tihar, we've a similar tradition of a group of people going from house to house, singing and dancing. In return, the hosts offer sweets, roti, fruits,, and money as a token of love and blessings.
@pandanfe deusi and vailo sounds wonderful too! Thanks for sharing that!