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

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