Trick-or-treating is a Halloween tradition where children dress up in costumes and go door-to-door asking for treats such as candy. The tradition originated from the 16th century practice of going house-to-house collecting food on Halloween. In North America, trick-or-treating became popular in the late 1920s and involves children saying "trick or treat" at each home. Apple bobbing is a Halloween game where apples float in water and players try to catch one in their teeth without using their hands.

1. TRICK-OR-TREATING
Trick-or-treating is a Halloween custom for children in
many countries. Children in costumes travel from house
to house asking for treats such as candy (or, in some
cultures, money) with the phrase "Trick or treat". The "trick"
is a (usually idle) threat to perform mischief on the
homeowners or their property if no treat is given to them.
It typically happens during the evening of October 31.
Some homeowners signal that they are willing to hand
out treats, for example by putting up Halloween
decorations outside their door. Others might simply leave
treats on their porch.
In North America, trick-or-treating has been a Halloween tradition since the late 1920s. In Britain
and Ireland, the tradition of going house-to-house collecting food at Halloween goes back at
least as far as the 16th century, as had the tradition of people wearing costumes at Halloween. In
19th century Britain and Ireland, there are many accounts of people going house-to-house in
costume at Halloween, reciting verses in exchange for food, and sometimes warning of
misfortune if they were not welcomed.[1] While going house-to-house in costume has remained
popular among Scots and Irish, the custom of saying "trick or treat" has only recently become
common. The activity is prevalent in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the
Republic of Ireland, Puerto Rico, and northwestern and central Mexico.
APPLE BOBBING
Apple bobbing, also known as bobbing for apples, is a game
often played on Halloween. The game is played by filling a tub
or a large basin with water and putting apples in the water.
Because apples are less dense than water, they will float at the
surface. Players (usually children) then try to catch one with
their teeth. Use of arms is not allowed, and often are tied
behind the back to prevent cheating.
In Scotland, this may be called "dooking"[1] (i.e., ducking). In northern England, the game is often
called apple ducking or duck-apple.
In Ireland, mainly County Kerry, it is known as "Snap Apple", and in Newfoundland and Labrador,
"Snap Apple Night" is a synonym for Halloween.
The Legend of “Stingy Jack”
1. The Jack-o’-lantern tradition originated from which Irish myth?
2. What did Jack do with the coin instead? Why?
3. Under what condition did Jack free the devil?
4. What trick did Jack play the following year and how did he prevent the devil coming down
from the tree?
5. What happened soon after?
6. What problem did Jack then face?
7. What did the Irish call Jack’s ghost?
8. What did the Irish then begin to make and place in their windows and doorways and why?
9. What did the vegetable become in America?