Monday, 31 October 2011 18:01
Trick or Treating in the 1930s
Alice and Fat Picking Tricks Over Treats
Did you know season 1's "Moonshine Struck" portrayed what would have been a very new means of Hallowe'en celebration at that time?
Trick or treating actually only found popularity in North America in the late 1920s and early 1930s - the residents of New Bedford were actually participating in a very new tradition! Unfortunately, Hallowe'en was also a very sinister holiday around this time. As we see in "Moonshine Struck," it was a time when children and teens would get into mischief, such as over-turning coal-ash buckets, or tipping outhouses.Vandalism was a serious concern. Indeed, the very idea of "trick or treating" evolved as a sort of bribery - adults would offer treats - candies - as a means of preventing youth from playing tricks on them.
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Thursday, 17 November 2011 16:21
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Hi Diana, Have you seen the Christmas movie? It ties up a few loose ends : http://shopatsullivan.com/wind-christmas.html We are also running a fiction-writing contest right now, so if you have ideas of what you would have liked to have seen happen to the residents of New Bedford, you can write your own ending! The contest details are here: http://www.windatmy-back.com/component/k2/item/892-contest-show-must-go-on
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Wednesday, 09 November 2011 22:13
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The series is very good a good family program. Miss not watching it twice or three times a day. Still watching the program over and over again. The question is you had a crazy ending,what happpen to Grace and her husband. Toppi and pharmacy. Hub and Henry. Honey and Max. Ma Baley. Too many loose ends. You get people interested and involved and then poof. Would very much appreciate an answer. Thank you for your time. Diana Tefft
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