Not mentioning the T word at all

JIL

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Mini non serious rant - Hallowe'en in an old pagan/celtic tradition, and trick or treating comes from here NOT the Usa. Its a centuries old tradition, which predates the USA.

That does not surprise me, no one knows how to "celebrate" quiet like the Scottish. (in a good way of course)

kidcat

Thanks for all the good wishes today they really helped me alot. It was a tough day and the kids have taken it particularly hard too, its understandable as she was here longer than most of them The vet was brilliant and so caring and I blubbed dreadfully - but am proud of the fact that I stayed with her right through.

halloween we do not celebrate - it really is against our beliefs, it causes consternation in the kids but as we have never wavered on it, most years they are ok with it. I usually put on a fireworks party to compensate and invite their friends and families. Tonight I did not feel up to having dozens of kids banging on the door so took everyone out to dinner, thankfully we seemed to miss the worst of it, and I have taped the letterbox closed, unplugged the bell and turned the hall lights off to ignore the rest.
Maybe next year I will invest in a sign that states simply we do not celebrate halloween.

ETA - I have an issue with trick or treating in that we spend 364 days a year telling kids not to talk to strangers and not to take sweets etc yet for one night we tell them to ignore that??

EstherH

Thanks Pink-Wing I will look at that site.

Thanks for your input too Puddlegum.

Eta have just had a quick look and taken down an address to get a sample from.

Esther x

redlady_1

Thinking of you Kidcat. x

smileyt_2

Hugs to you, kidcat. It's horrible having to say goodbye, but you did the right thing. xx

Mrs_Chip

(((kidcat)))

Hard to believe but there has not been a whisper from the loft since I put the stinky cat wee trays up there :eek: Now if this works we have it made. Our cat is a strange one, he is obsessed with grass and water - squeaks whenever he sees grass and crops it like a bison, and he drinks like a camel, and therefore produces prodigious quantities of wee. Dragon's Den here we come! I can just see Deborah Meaden's face as I waft a pot of the minging litter under her nose

adelight

oldtractor wrote: »

Farmerswife how interesting. Me and DH were farming [sheep and suckler cows] but we moved to a lowlandish area and now have a small holding and grow fruit & veg ,just for ourselves, the local pubs and cafes take any surplus and we get free lunches in return,its a lovely village.

I've been thinking lots about small holdings and allotments lately, think it's all the talk of the UK running out of space. By the time I have the money to buy a house there will probably be nothing left so I want to buy at least a small piece of land asap.

Nothing halloweeny going on here at all, and hopefully no trick or treaters. I never went as a kid as our area wasn't the best, more likely to get in a fight or have your sweets nicked by a smack head(i remember the same woman showing me her cesearian scar and begging for money at the bus stop on a weekly basis for months).

Justamum

suzybloo wrote: »

We have the old fashioned turnip out of one of the local farmers field instead of pumpkins - they were never heard of when we were kids, and dont cost three pounds! The 'guisers' here age from about three to thirteen, and always sing a song or recite poetry - if they dont they dont get a sweet. You do get some cheeky chaps asking for money but they are chased! Its also been a tradition too to have haggis tatties and neeps on halloween, to use up the scrapings from inside the turnip!

I remember hollowing out a turnip when I was younger. Took flippin' ages - no wonder people use pumpkins!

Cregneash is a traditional village near here, and every year they do the traditional hop tu naa stuff, including hollowing out turnips. These days they use a drill though :rotfl::rotfl:

What's the song that they sing in Scotland? The one here is called Winnie the Witch.

Justamum

VJsmum wrote: »

My 2 have always thought i was mean to not let them go but i always said it's like begging and i don't like it. I know that it originated here but it all seems so commercial these days.

That's what my mum always said. She didn't let us do penny for the guy either because that's begging too!

Justamum

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Mini non serious rant - Hallowe'en in an old pagan/celtic tradition, and trick or treating comes from here NOT the Usa. Its a centuries old tradition, which predates the USA.

I know it's an old pagan tradition - samhain - but it's the over-commercialisation of it which I just hate.