OK,Gang you have hooked me into asking a Halloween question. Did anyone else on the list call trick-or-treating "Cold piecing?" I think originally it may have been "Coal piecing",and if you were bad you got coal instead of candy.[Like a Christmas stocking.] I think it may have been a Philly saying.Since we are just across the Delaware from Philly,we have a lot of traditions and sayings that originated there.Many of my friends parents were reared in town,and moved to Jersey when they were young newlyweds.Smart people,give me jersey over Philly anyday of the week! Jerilyn ,one that went Cold Piecing

Dear list members, We still dye eggs in our family.The grandchildren are now included in the tradition,and Tom is happy that the kids are around to play with me. When all our kids were grown and gone,I still drug out the egg dying cups[yes,we have "ceremonial cups just for that occasion..he he!] and made Tom dye with me.What can I say?I am a creature of habit. As I said before,I don't like to actually eat the eggs,just dye and play "Uppers".On Easter Saturday everyone in this house knows what is expected of them when I start pulling out the dye,vinegar ,and egg dying mugs.They all groan,and roll their sleeves up while I cover the table with newspapers. How I ever got all of us talking on the Easter traditions in October,I will never know.Sorry........ Now do you all want to hear of the Henderson's "going to the pumpkin patch" traditions?... Jerilyn in pumpkin farm,cider pressing South Jersey

In a message dated 10/9/2002 8:54:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, kilkee@attbi.com writes: > My mother, born in NYC moved to Jersey City when she was 7 (a move from the > BIG city > to the suburbs!) and they went trick or treating on Thanksgiving. Anyone > else > remember that? > > Judy > Judy: I remember that very well. We went in the morning on Thanksgiving Day. In those days we got apples, oranges, nuts and not much candy or change! It was great fun. My brothers went out on "mischief night" with stockings full of ashes. We also had fenced in yards and the gates were all missing the next day. Ann

HI ALL, THANKS FOR YOUR GOOD WISHES ON MY FIRST VISIT WITH MY SON. TODAY I FLY BACK HOME TO THE KEYS. WORK TOMORROW FOR ME. I WILL NEVER FORGET HIS EVENT. HUGGING HIM AT THE AIRPORT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. I'M SO HAPPY WE FOUND EACHOTHERYOUR GOOD WISHESMEAN A LOT. THANK YOU. LEE ------------------------------ Sent from my PocketMail Handheld http://www.pocketmail.com

DieselDis@aol.com wrote: > We would get invited in also sometimes, and folk's would try and guess > who we were. But sometimes we had to sing a song, or do a dance before we got > anything. We took care of those people the next year on mischief night. Now > most town's have set the day, and the time for the kid's to go around. I > think that stink's. They only give them two hours. We stayed out all night > until they shut off the lights off on us. We only get about six kid's where > we live. Were 1/8 of a mile off the main road. I guess their to lazy, or too > scared to walk through the woods to get to our house. I also remember being invited in to perform and we never went to those houses again. My friends and I weren't allowed out on Mischief Night so there was no way we could take care of them the next year! MY grandchildren live in Wisconsin and it seems that the whole state, for safety reasons, has adopted a set time and date for trick or treating. My kids go out from 2-4 PM on the Sunday preceding Halloween. Each municipality chooses it's own time and date. Since they've never known it any other way they enjoy it. Here in the Chicago area, the traditional trick or treating occurs on Halloween. Last year I went through 6 bags of candy before 5 PM. The big kids were out of luck! My mother, born in NYC moved to Jersey City when she was 7 (a move from the BIG city to the suburbs!) and they went trick or treating on Thanksgiving. Anyone else remember that? Judy ------ Judy Lamken, Kilkee Kerries Chicagoland mailto:kerries@kilkee.net

In a message dated 10/8/02 2:08:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Tacy413408@aol.com writes: > When I was young we would go all over town on Halloween nite. People > invited > us in and tried to guess who we were or to admire our costumes. They used > to > give us cider and donuts and others gave us candy, cookies, etc. Pat, We would get invited in also sometimes, and folk's would try and guess who we were. But sometimes we had to sing a song, or do a dance before we got anything. We took care of those people the next year on mischief night. Now most town's have set the day, and the time for the kid's to go around. I think that stink's. They only give them two hours. We stayed out all night until they shut off the lights off on us. We only get about six kid's where we live. Were 1/8 of a mile off the main road. I guess their to lazy, or too scared to walk through the woods to get to our house. Diesel

In a message dated 10/8/02 4:29:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, greenflash60@pocketmail.com writes: > IT;SBEEN A GREAT REUNION FOR MOTHER AND SON AND GREAT ADPOTIVE PARENTS. > Lee, Glad it all worked out for you. Diesel

Good Morning Folks, I found this on the Mercer County List today, and thought some of you might have the answer for Lee? This is not our Lee. I don't remember seeing them myself. Diesel Does anyone recall from the 1960s, a family of ghosts that glow in the dark and had a cardboard haunted house with platforms at the windows for the ghosts to stand on? It became popular among the children. They were made of soft plastic and the figure picked up the light of the day and then would glow in the dark. Their was the mother, father and children. If anyone can recall the toy company that made them I would appreciate the information. Thank you very much Lee Chicka2962@aol.com

In a message dated 10/8/2002 12:05:59 PM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > LAYING IN BED THINKING ABUT SOME OF THE OLD PRODUCTS AND BRANDS. HERE ARE > SOME > . . . including a bunch that I'd forgotten. And how about these: Wildroot Cream Oil ("Get Wildroot Cream Oil, Charlie") The Gold Dust Twins Oxydol O'Henry candy bars Clark bars . . . and for TV shows . . . Kukla, Fran & Ollie Super Circus Junior Frolics (out of Newark) Our Miss Brooks Meet Millie Medic Ben Casey Dr. Kildare Paladin Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 10/8/2002 12:05:59 PM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > We always had very fancy dyed eggs. Lots of mixed colors and that is when > they had the little tatoo things like crosses, chicks, etc. Couldn't > duplicate them today if we tried. I remember those transfers, too . . . and mixing the egg dye in vinegar and dipping the eggs into cups of the dye with a wire device. Those were the days . . . Doris (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

In a message dated 10/8/2002 12:05:59 PM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Bronze: beech > Dull Orange: chestnut oak > Russet: basswood > Scarlet: sassafras, dogwood, scarlet > oak, black gum > Yellow: hickory, gray birch, yellow > birch, tulip tree, sycamore, sugar > maple > Red: sumac, black oak, red maple, red > oak, black cherry > Gold: aspen, persimmon > Purple: white ash > Violet-purple: white oak > My gosh . . . this makes me so homesick for the Northeast! Doris (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr

Robin, Thank you, I have always thought of Hackettstown as a beautiful little town. It has grown and changed quite a bit over the years. It was a great town to grow up in. It was alot smaller and all of the stores were on or adjacent to Main St. Now there are a lot of Antique/Craft type stores there. Malls were just coming into being in the country back then and were very small compared to those we now have. Everyone knew everyone and if they didn't know you, believe me, they knew your parents or relatives. My mother used to know what we were doing before we ever got home. I used to call the telephone my mother's grapevine. LOL Our school was a district school for several small towns and townships. Some of them had their own grammar schools. So when we reached high school age we met the kids our age from the neighboring small towns. If you came in from Washington, then I believe you are talking about Donaldson's Produce Stand. It is still there. Donaldsons' own a farm off of Rockport Rd. My brother went to school with his brother and used to spend alot of time down on that farm. Pat Pat

Marie, I haven't set my hair with pincurls in years. Remember the hard curlers, then the ones with the bristle brushes. And some girls used the juice cans. How on earth did we sleep on them? I still have my white plastic teasing comb from the fifties with two little poodles on the top. Pat

I believe this channel still shows Father Knows Best - I know Beaver is shown on it - Marie G

Love of Life TV show was the first TV soap I watched - then it became a half hour show -Christopher Reeve got his start in it -----------Marie G

I believe I was the only one in my family who liked Ipana toothpaste -Marie G

I buy it some times --------Remember Old Dutch cleanser ----------Marie G

I think they still sell Shasta soda -Marie G

I still use bobby pins when I set my hair - if I can't get to hair dresser - I also have them steel aluminium pins for pin curls -remember those steel rollers we use to set our hair for page boys What about the Rats we had in our hair but that's for another discussion --------Marie G

Lee, Happy to hear all turned out well for you. I know how pleased you must be to have found your son and been accepted by his adoptive parents. Dot ooo---This Email Scanned for Virus---ooo by ooo--- Norton Anti-Virus---ooo ----- Original Message ----- From: <greenflash60@pocketmail.com> To: <NJ-MEMORIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 4:29 PM Subject: [NJ-Memories] trip > HI ALL, > WELL GEUSS SOME OF YOU KNOWI,M IN TEXAS I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE SAT. > I CAME HERE TO MEET MY FIRST BORN SON. I LOOKED FOR HIM FOR OVER A YEAR,,FINALLY FOUND HIM AND GOT TO TALK TO HIM LATE IN JUNE...AFTER THE VERMONT TRIP. I HAVN'T EVER MENTIONED IT, BUT I WILL NOW.KEN IS 28 AND A COMPUTER WHIZ..WE HAVE HAD A GREAT TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. HIS PARENTS AND I ET ALONG GREAT. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT TRIP. YESTERDAY WE WENT TO THE TEXAS STATE FAIR. ON SUN. WE WENT TO SEE WHERE J.F.K.GOT SHOT. > ANYHW KEY LOOKS LIKE ME..HAS A GREAT JOB..DRIVES A NICE 2001 FORD ESCORT LX. > IT;SBEEN A GREAT REUNION FOR MOTHER AND SON AND GREAT ADPOTIVE PARENTS. > WE ARE ALL FRIENDS. IT TURNED UT TO BE A WONDERFUL EVENT. THEY WILL SHARE HIM WITH ME..EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE DONE THE HARD PART. > > LEE IN TEXAS > > ------------------------------ > Sent from my PocketMail Handheld > http://www.pocketmail.com > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >