What do you call the people who come at Hallowe'en to get sweets?

[Isoverity]

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Originally Posted by Starling.

We used to call them guisers, not sure if that is a Scottish thing? Otherwise trick or treaters.

It doesn't bother me, I like halloween, I used to like doing it. Shouldn't get any here as I'm in a flat and I haven't seen a single child but we never got any where I was before either. Not sure if there were no kids nearby or if it's just less popular now.

My area has become most popular area in US for Halloween because we have Sleepy Hollow (its a real place) here. People come from all over for the different events. In some towns Halloween is huge and in others its dead. It depends on the crime element. Lots of folks from bad areas will take their kids a town over

[SirEffinBarsteward]

I call them annoying *****. They are trying to take and eat all my hard earned candy, its mine, my precious...sweeties :P

[Nymphette]

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Originally Posted by Enthused

Wankers

LMAO.


Yeah, Trick or Treaters here too.

[crazykat]

We call them trick or treaters. I have never had any come to my house before though

[akita]

Annoying little people. I put up a sign saying "no lollies here" and have a peaceful night.

[Cuddy]

Target-practice-for-throwing-water-balloons.

[Just a girl, Interrupted.]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starling.

We used to call them guisers, not sure if that is a Scottish thing? Otherwise trick or treaters.

It doesn't bother me, I like halloween, I used to like doing it. Shouldn't get any here as I'm in a flat and I haven't seen a single child but we never got any where I was before either. Not sure if there were no kids nearby or if it's just less popular now.

My parents call it guising, and they are Scottish.
I would call kids coming to the door trick-or-treaters, although the only kids that knocked my door last year were my friends kids (who are dressing up as weeping angels this year!!)

[lau_83]

Trick or treaters. We don't get that many, a few teenagers trying their luck. We tend not to answer the door either, with 4 dogs in my house it gets so irratating with the barking and trying to keep them calm. I think to be honest it's more of an American thing ?

[SavingGrace]

Trick or Treater's. - Its a thing here, but its also good night for churches to have anti-Halloween parties with no scary costumes...

We don't get them at my house, we have a big scary gate and a very pathetic dog who would lick them to death.

[[Luna]]

Trick or treaters or pests but mainly the former :)

[Elmer]

Trickle treaters. I was a confused child.

[Daryl]

Never trick or treat in the ghetto.

[random.swirls]

Trick or treaters when in Dubai

People to avoid when in England!!

[The One Who]

Another Scot who calls them guisers.

Although I agree with most other people and say that it is annoying. When I was young we had to do something (tell a joke, sing a song, etc) before being given anything, and even then it was mostly monkey nuts and satsumas. But now they just seem to expect, with some even wanting money! They get told to go and play with the traffic.

[[Luna]]

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Originally Posted by Scumbelina

Hallowe'en is my favourite 'holiday'

I was never allowed to go Trick or Treating as a kid because my mum saw it as begging. Scrooge

I'm a big fan of Halloween too and have gone trick or treating in the past (to take my brother who was desperate to go) but I don't really agree with it because I lived with my elderly grandmother and saw how much it terrifies vulnerable people.

This year I'm having a Halloween tea party for my partners little boy.

It tradition in my family to watch 'Hocus Pocus' every year too :)

[Gofeen]

Guisers is the term in Scotland really but trick or treat is catching on. Personally I don't open the door 'cos I live alone but I only get 1 or 2 callers anyway. I try to never open the door unless I know who it is, especially when it's dark.

[Gofeen]

Also nowadays there seems to be more organised Halloween parties for children. Even Asda is having one. I might go and have a coffee and see all the little ones dressed up.