Is anyone willing to share their Halloween traditions?
There was a bit on the radio earlier about bringing the traditional Scottish traditions back into Halloween. Turnips not pumpkins, Guising not trick or treating. Then there was a discussion about what the different areas of Scotland did and what pagans did. One area in Fife celebrates the 24 hours after Midnight on the 31st, some areas put out a chair for dead relatives, others a chair and food. Then they didn't dare look at the chair in case it was inhabited. Others celebrate their family dead by having a party, others by being quiet and thinking. Everyone dressed up so that the ghosties, ghoullies and long leggied beasties and things that go bump in the night wouldn't realise that they were human and go for them.
Anyone willing to share what their area of the world does? The bit that you grew up in or live in.
Where I grew up we didn't do anything including trick or treat until the 90s and it was people copying what the Americans did. We kids saw this on TV, pestered the parents can we do this so the adults agreed and it was organised. Then the rough kids from elsewhere found out and hassled people so we kept going but the adults said "shhh, don't open the doors to them". At Guides we dunked apples, ate apples from strings, painted faces and had a party.
Husbands lot dressed up for Guising- Scottish Trick or Treating, ate jammy doughnuts off of strings, dooked for apples and ate spooky food.
We have cut up a pumpkin which we'll stick a candle in because it's easier to carve and PIE, we'll be guising with the kids. I will make food Husband's favourite dead relatives liked, apple cakes-taste of autumn, maybe banana bread and stewed beef for tea then visit the in Laws. Husband's family just like spooky food and family over to Mother In Laws for noms.
