Wonderful time to celebrate a pagan ritual or an end of summer festival????
Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the celtic festival of Samhain or Samuin (pronounced sow-an or sow-in)", which is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summer's end". A similar festival was held by the ancient Britons and is known as Calan Gaeaf (pronounced kalan-geyf).
Snap-Apple Night by Daniel Maclise showing a Halloween party in Blarney, Ireland, in 1832. The young children on the right bob for apples. A couple in the center play a variant, which involves retrieving an apple hanging from a string. The couples at left play divination games.The festival of Samhain celebrates the end of the "lighter half" of the year and beginning of the "darker half", and is sometimes regarded as the "Celtic New Year".
Kids out knocking on strangers doors for lollies or smashing eggs on my car because i gave them none thats something to be happy about NOT i live in australia not the (bad word) usa etc etc
Regards Geoff
Australian and proud of it
Mullies!!! Jesus Tony they will be stoned of their chops and back raiding your house for the lollies. Any knocking on my door this evening will result in the buggers getting the chance to outrun Eddie the boxer
Yep I agree it's American crap but I think it's here to stay and only gunna get bigger.I suppose as long as the kids have an adult following, no harm done?
My moneys on Eddie. But then they would toilet roll your house why??? because usa does it ??? Tony have you been on the Mullies?????? LOL Regards Geoff
Have you had to clean egg an flour off a $30thorusand dollor car baked in the sun??? Polish FUCKED because little Shits do this ...... are YOU going to pay for this??????
naaa no good reefers here, without jail time!...lol
We don't have any issues, cause with a 100m drive way and a rottweiler cross hiding in the dark shadows... their halloween nightmares become quite real...lol
But youre right, it's bloody money making racket and just some American cr@p, at least Guy Fawkes has its fun...lol
oh well, just survive two Indian festivals, and now have a big one next month in Thailand... I'm going to be buggered by Christmas ..lol
should be home in bed, not practising begging with menaces as per U.S. custom. Knock on my door kiddies and Uncle Ian will be standing there in his birthday suit armed with a can of Pepper Spray showing you what your moronic parents should have told you to avoid - save the pain - stay home and egg mums car.
never been out door to door trick or treat or egg-ing anyone's car.. but it seem cute that the kids get to dress up in those 'scary' dress running out on the streets. dont get me wrong.. i dont like kids.. esp those who cant talk but its fun watching them fight esp if its over a pi of candy... wahahahaha...
Why ??? i cannot see how kids running around asking for lollies or i will trash your house @ egg your car can be happy????????????.Your opening comment Happy Halloween ..WHY?????????????????????????
seen a few old ladies down the road when i came home earlier with kids, very convincing witch outfits too, all the chucked on extra was a witches hat lol.
on that note seen a few 18-20y/o hotties trick or treating, now i rekon i could give them both LOL
I used to think that way (yanky crap) but the last couple of days i thought the kids are having fun playing dress up etc and it fosters a strong sense of communtiy for them to be walking around and meeting friendly people, never heard off eggs on cars before but i would expect that in the crime ravvaged north of the river,,our kids are good kids down here
I managed to lie low as i seen them coming up the driveway but i hope others did the right thing by them,,,
If I lived in your street I'd probably egg your car too jeff. Not because you didnt give me lollies though. Halloween gives peolple the opportunity to blame it on the younger trick or treaters. I had a cpl of parents come round this afternoon to ask if it was ok if there kids could come by. No harm in that. It was around 20 yrs ago when i was a kid so cant see it dying off anytime soon. Mate unless you wear stubbies, dunlop pluggers, king gee shirts, only watch kingswood country and shit pure vegimite Id so most of your life is full of american crap anyway.
Why are people so unkind?
*Edited by Adam, no need for the personal attacks mate.
Leemo
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when ya gettin back mate?
when ya gettin back mate?
bludgin' since 94'
otoshi
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sad to say... not anytime
sad to say... not anytime soon... going to UTAS.. therefore no perth for me. =(
gpc123
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Halloween
Wonderful time to celebrate a pagan ritual or an end of summer festival????
Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the celtic festival of Samhain or Samuin (pronounced sow-an or sow-in)", which is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summer's end". A similar festival was held by the ancient Britons and is known as Calan Gaeaf (pronounced kalan-geyf).
Snap-Apple Night by Daniel Maclise showing a Halloween party in Blarney, Ireland, in 1832. The young children on the right bob for apples. A couple in the center play a variant, which involves retrieving an apple hanging from a string. The couples at left play divination games.The festival of Samhain celebrates the end of the "lighter half" of the year and beginning of the "darker half", and is sometimes regarded as the "Celtic New Year".
Kids out knocking on strangers doors for lollies or smashing eggs on my car because i gave them none thats something to be happy about NOT i live in australia not the (bad word) usa etc etc
Regards Geoff
Australian and proud of it
Single dad and proud of him
mako magic
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hip hip horray geoff,
hip hip horray geoff, totally agree.
Aussie and proud of it.
Tony Halliday
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let them choose between two
let them choose between two bags...
one with lollies...
one with mullies...
lol...
Tony Halliday: ~Meals on Reels ~
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
"It is always in season for old men to learn." Aeschylus (525-456 BC)
"In a mad world only the mad are sane." Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)
otoshi
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may i have the mullies pls?
may i have the mullies pls? wahahahaha!!!!
flangies
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either way i'd be walking
either way i'd be walking away with goods
Lamby
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Mullies
Mullies!!! Jesus Tony they will be stoned of their chops and back raiding your house for the lollies. Any knocking on my door this evening will result in the buggers getting the chance to outrun Eddie the boxer
Simo_
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Stupid American Crap.
Stupid American Crap.
Bring on April
callum
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happy fishing
mako magic
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bag of mouse traps could be
bag of mouse traps could be a laugh too lol
rubes
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here to stay
Yep I agree it's American crap but I think it's here to stay and only gunna get bigger.I suppose as long as the kids have an adult following, no harm done?
gpc123
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Go Eddie
My moneys on Eddie. But then they would toilet roll your house why??? because usa does it ??? Tony have you been on the Mullies?????? LOL Regards Geoff
Single dad and proud of him
callum
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spud gun
keep the spud gun handy,
we launched an assault last year with 50 eggs and a coupla dozen flour bombs, using air compressed spud cannons,
lets say their car wasn't looking too good
happy fishing
gpc123
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Callum
Have you had to clean egg an flour off a $30thorusand dollor car baked in the sun??? Polish FUCKED because little Shits do this ...... are YOU going to pay for this??????
THINK BE FOR YOU DO
THIS S$ITS ME BIG TIME
Regards Geoff
Single dad and proud of him
mako magic
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hmmmmmmm now where did i put
hmmmmmmm now where did i put all those chocolate laxatives hehehe
Tony Halliday
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naaa no good reefers here,
naaa no good reefers here, without jail time!...lol
We don't have any issues, cause with a 100m drive way and a rottweiler cross hiding in the dark shadows... their halloween nightmares become quite real...lol
But youre right, it's bloody money making racket and just some American cr@p, at least Guy Fawkes has its fun...lol
oh well, just survive two Indian festivals, and now have a big one next month in Thailand... I'm going to be buggered by Christmas ..lol
Tony Halliday: ~Meals on Reels ~
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
"It is always in season for old men to learn." Aeschylus (525-456 BC)
"In a mad world only the mad are sane." Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)
7739ian
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Kiddies
should be home in bed, not practising begging with menaces as per U.S. custom. Knock on my door kiddies and Uncle Ian will be standing there in his birthday suit armed with a can of Pepper Spray showing you what your moronic parents should have told you to avoid - save the pain - stay home and egg mums car.
gpc123
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Ian
You can come a stay at my home every halloween... thats scary
P S Callum Thank You
Regards Geoff
Single dad and proud of him
otoshi
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never been out door to door
never been out door to door trick or treat or egg-ing anyone's car.. but it seem cute that the kids get to dress up in those 'scary' dress running out on the streets. dont get me wrong.. i dont like kids.. esp those who cant talk but its fun watching them fight esp if its over a pi of candy... wahahahaha...
gpc123
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Otoshi
Why ??? i cannot see how kids running around asking for lollies or i will trash your house @ egg your car can be happy????????????.Your opening comment Happy Halloween ..WHY?????????????????????????
Regards Geoff
Single dad and proud of him
mako magic
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seen a few old ladies down
seen a few old ladies down the road when i came home earlier with kids, very convincing witch outfits too, all the chucked on extra was a witches hat lol.
on that note seen a few 18-20y/o hotties trick or treating, now i rekon i could give them both
LOL
Lamby
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hahaha
Trick them onto your treat aye?!
wadetolley
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American
American cr*p..nothing like waking in the morning finding some prick has egged your car....grrr
Shorty
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I used to think that way
I used to think that way (yanky crap) but the last couple of days i thought the kids are having fun playing dress up etc and it fosters a strong sense of communtiy for them to be walking around and meeting friendly people, never heard off eggs on cars before but i would expect that in the crime ravvaged north of the river,,our kids are good kids down here
I managed to lie low as i seen them coming up the driveway but i hope others did the right thing by them,,,
dumper
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If I lived in your street
If I lived in your street I'd probably egg your car too jeff. Not because you didnt give me lollies though. Halloween gives peolple the opportunity to blame it on the younger trick or treaters. I had a cpl of parents come round this afternoon to ask if it was ok if there kids could come by. No harm in that. It was around 20 yrs ago when i was a kid so cant see it dying off anytime soon. Mate unless you wear stubbies, dunlop pluggers, king gee shirts, only watch kingswood country and shit pure vegimite Id so most of your life is full of american crap anyway.
Why are people so unkind?
*Edited by Adam, no need for the personal attacks mate.
dumper
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exactly shorty.
exactly shorty.
gpc123
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dumper
Please explain
If I lived in your street I'd probably egg your car too jeff. By the way its Geoff Regards
Single dad and proud of him
dumper
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I did explain but it got
I did explain but it got edited.
Adam Gallash
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this isn't going anywhere good
Looks like this one's got a bit sidetracked, if you guys want to take it further, go to PM's.
Halloween's over, thread closed. :(
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