Help the halloween party or trick'r treat?

Rondolfus

“Help the Halloween party,” is uniquely Irish. It is a request that benefits both the giver and the receiver. The kid gets sweets (or if they are unlucky a handful of monkey nuts) and the giver gets the satisfaction of being seen as generous in the neighbourhood.

Trick ’r Treat is very American and is in tune with how the USA operates on a international level, i,e give us what we want or there will be consequences. I don’t like the underlying threat in the phrase but it seems its becoming more and more common in Ireland.


When I was a child I said ," help the halloween party" whilst collecting sweets at halloween. I think most kids now use trick' treat. Which one did you use?

Turd Ferguson

"Gimmie dem or oil batter ya" ... ah to be young again

miss_feminem

I used "trick or treat". The thing is, it was only about 10-12 years ago since I trick or treated and we only ever got monkey nuts and fruit - there would be the odd choc bar or something. The sweets seems be more common now for some reason - damn greedy kids :P

happyfriday

Used to say 'trick 'r' treat' and there was always one person who asked for a trick!! :rolleyes:

Wossack

trick or treat
trick or treat
give us something nice to eat





or we'll put dogshit through your letterbox

minidazzler

I have never heard the phrase "Help the halloween party" Trick or treat works much better IMO anyway.

Threats get you stuff, begging doesn't.

Oh The Humanity

Help the Halloween party is the proper phrase of course! :pac:

'Trick or treat' is a supposedly cutesy americanism which has shamefully crept into semi-common usage. :rolleyes:

Irish Halo

Rondolfus wrote: »

“Help the Halloween party,”

I have never come across that phrase before your post. Is it some gaelic-isation of "Penny For The Guy" in the UK? (I just live in London, born and raised in Ireland before I get some smart ass replies).

Long Onion

Rondolfus wrote: »

“Help the Halloween party,” is uniquely Irish. It is a request that benefits both the giver and the receiver. The kid gets sweets (or if they are unlucky a handful of monkey nuts) and the giver gets the satisfaction of being seen as generous in the neighbourhood.

Trick ’r Treat is very American and is in tune with how the USA operates on a international level, i,e give us what we want or there will be consequences. I don’t like the underlying threat in the phrase but it seems its becoming more and more common in Ireland.


When I was a child I said ," help the halloween party" whilst collecting sweets at halloween. I think most kids now use trick' treat. Which one did you use?

Man, I feel sorry for the poor bastards that ring your door bell ...

... "now tell me children, why is it exactly, that you choose to requset victuals from my personage under the veil of an Americanised menace laden approach as opposed the the more traditional anglo saxon plea for alms ... blah blah blah ... "

Give them some sweets for fcuk sake, thy're kids.

Rondolfus

Long Onion wrote: »

... "now tell me children, why is it exactly, that you choose to requset victuals from my personage under the veil of an Americanised menace laden approach as opposed the the more traditional anglo saxon plea for alms ... blah blah blah ... "

Firstly its not "anglo-saxon", its Irish. Secondly, the kids won't be calling to my door this year becuase I'm a registered sex offender.

o1s1n

We said -

'Any apples or nuts!'

And then wondered why our bags were full of horrible monkey nuts and apples by the end of the night.

dubtom

Help the halloween party would have been the only thing said when I was a wee lad,not so long ago but obviously before american TV hit our screens every night. I'd guess most kids don't even realise that their supposed to trick if they don't get a treat.

Jesus Wept

I thought it was going to be some new political party.
Possibly the PDs in disguise.

wudangclan

"halloween is coming and the goose is getting fat,
will you please put a penny in the old mans hat,
if you haven't got a penny a halpenny will do,
and if you haven't got a halpenny then god bless you...
...and your family too"

that's the little ditty i'll be singing when i go trick or treatin' tomorrow night.

Zzippy

wudangclan wrote: »

"halloween is coming and the goose is getting fat,
will you please put a penny in the old mans hat,
if you haven't got a penny a halpenny will do,
and if you haven't got a halpenny then god bless you...
...and your family too"

that's the little ditty i'll be singing when i go trick or treatin' tomorrow night.

Was just about to post that one, think you have to be over 30 to remember going around the houses saying this.

Trick or treat? Pfft, young ones today... :rolleyes:

orourkeda

Rondolfus wrote: »

Firstly its not "anglo-saxon", its Irish. Secondly, the kids won't be calling to my door this year becuase I'm a registered sex offender.

Daddy's getting some poo-ding tomorrow