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The Fascinating World of Boredom & The Origins of Halloween Customs

Something You Should Know

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Trick-or-Treat?

The phrase trick-or-treat comes, are you able to source the origin of that? The first reported instance of it being used was actually from Nova Scotia in 1927. It's just something that pranking kids are kind of yelling at houses as they're tipping over their outhouses or something. In a national American magazine, the November 1939 issue of this magazine called the American Home has an article called a victim of the windows soaping brigade.

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