Halloween or Hallowe'en

[ONeill]

Not what it used to be eh?

[Il Bomber Destro]

Not a religious festival so I never bothered with it.

[ONeill]

You can make it religious though. Rearrange the grotto.

[seafoid]

Samhain

[ONeill]

Stealin gates and stealing gates and stuff. And dressing up as women. What do young'uns do now?

[ardchieftain]

It is a religious Festival, it is the fire festival of Samhain.

[ONeill]

Young lad said 'treat or want yer windees putt in?'.

[trueblue1234]

Nearly that time of the year again.

Many still dress up to go out these days?

[BennyCake]

Trick or treaters get nothing at my door. Feckin' American bullshit. When did that shite make it's way over here?!

[rosnarun]

You can make it religious though. Rearrange the grotto.

of course its a religious feast it the holy even before all saints day , it used to be samhain before these same people decided to become Christian and follow christian ways while keeping some of the previous customs.

knocking gates and kicking cabbage were the big thing in mayo also it was the last day to eat blackberrys before the devil pissed on them

[rosnarun]

Trick or treaters get nothing at my door. Feckin' American bullshit. When did that shite make it's way over here?!

we sent it to them and they are just returning the favours though the irish tradition was ore of the trick variety see my last post.
says a lot about the difference in the 2 countries 

[lurganblue]

When i grew up Halloween was great craic. We had a running battle around the estate to hit everything that moved with eggs and "snappies". The local shops did a roaring trade.

[magpie seanie]

Remember the preparations would be going on well in advance. One of the lads would bunk off school, get the train to Dublin, head straight to Moore Street to buy fireworks with all our saved up cash and get the train straight back down. We'd have an awful job not to let them all off before the actual night. Also got caps that you'd use in a toy gun and folded them and wrapped them round stones with sellotape. Made a nice bang when they landed.

[Don Johnson]

Trick or treaters get nothing at my door. Feckin' American bullshit. When did that shite make it's way over here?!

I'd say you would be some craic at a kid's party.

[bennydorano]

Halloween runs Christmas very close in my house although the youngsters are getting up a bit now. It's massive rise in popularity is part of the Cocacoloisation of the world.