Trick or Treat, Smell my feet,

Give me something nice to eat,

If you don't we don't care,

We'll throw flour in your hair.

Trick or treat originated in Ireland when the peasant villagers would go around dressed as ghoulish monsters knocking on doors asking for soul cakes or treats to give to the evil spirits in the hope that this would keep them from possessing their bodies.

Beware the spirits on Trick or Treat night.

Tradition carries on the same way today with children dressing in ghostly costumes.

They knock on neighbours doors saying trick or treat. Instead of soul cakes they are usually handed sweets or some nice treat.

Beware though. Should you find you have no treats to hand, you may find a sticky trick will come your way.

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