Galoshans replace trick or treating in Greenock

31 October 2011 Last updated at 07:47 ET Help

Trick or treating or guising? Pumpkins or turnips? Do your children go 'American' at Halloween or do they stick to Scottish traditions?

Greenock has had its own traditions, and one school in the town is attempting to hang on to the Scots word 'galoshans' which means guising.

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