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ok now im thinking hold up as in stockings :?

LEG ?

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LIBATE ?

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LAG ?

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Rubes I remember learning this poem at school and using it as my Halloween piece :) I still love it

Lament For A Lost Dinner Ticket
(Margaret Hamilton)
See ma mammy
See ma dinner ticket
A pitituma
Pokit an she pititiny
Washnmachine

See thou burnty
Up wherra firewiz

Ma mammy says Am no tellnyagain
No’y playnit
A jist wen’y eatma
Pokacrisps furma dinner
Nabigwoffldoon

The wummin sed Aver near
Clapsd
Jistur heednur
Wee wellies sticknoot

They sed Wot heppind?
Nme’nma belly
Na bedna hospital
A sed A pititnma
Pokit an she pititny
Washnmachine

They sed Ees thees chaild ebslootly
Non verbal?
A sed MA BUMSAIR
Nwen’y sleep

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when i was a kid there were no strangers where we lived . It was a tiny village where everyone knew everybody . As children we knew every person in every house , even if it was as ” wee clarty Bobs granny ” . At Halloween we accepted home made treats and fruit and nuts ( i didnt know anyone with a nut allergy , i didnt even know nut allergy existed ) without question of anything sinister just as we accepted at any other time of the year sandwiches or a drink of juice ( all drinking from the same bottle omg ) from any parent or sibling that turned up at the river or the park where we played. If you fell and skint your knee anybodys mum would do to clean it up at the kitchen sink and give u a hug and send u back out to play.

Today I am fortunate enough to live in a very similar kind of village but I know the children going round my village this year will be accompanied by a selection of parents. :(

Rubes i do remember getting money and a tangerine sometimes when the tablet or treacle toffee had run out but I have no memory of money before decimalisation lol Loving the thought of you as Mary Poppins :) I was the front end of a donkey one year and one of ken dodds diddy men another year complete with huge pyjama trousers attached to a hula hoop held up with braces . We hadnt thought of the logistical problems of getting through peoples doorways wearing a hula hoop . I wish there were photos !!

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Aye out we went guising , dressed up in costumes we had planned for weeks . Sugar puffs wiped in the soot of the chimney then stuck to my nose with mums eyelash glue , little tufts of carpet fluff stuck on for that hairy effect . My mum did the best hairy withches warts ever , the other kids were so jealous !! Cries of oooo will yer mum make a wart for me !!

Traipsing round the village with a turnip lantern with a string handle . All the flesh scooped out , a scary face carved into it . a candle ( usually kept for power cuts in those days ) wobbling about inside. Health and safety would probably say nowadays that the string should be fire retardent . As the candle flame slowly blackened the neep inside you were accompanied into every house by that smell of farts that cooked turnip makes .

There was no trick or treat , only treat . Doors were chapped , ” are you hauding halloween ” Everyone was ! Your wee group of friends ushered into the good room to the assembled audience. you sang or performed your practiced poem and were rewarded with much praise and admiring of costume and of course a handful of treats for your poly poke. You met friends in the street and discussed which houses were giving out the best home made tablet or toffee apples and made a rush to their door . Happy days indeed .

This year i will be mostly wearing black with green make up and a very fetching pointy hat that is dug out every year . My 18 month old neice and my sister ( 28 and a half ) will be donning matching black and pink witches outfits , the little one has the most gorgeous pink and black striped tights to go with her rigoot . My mum will be joining us , I will do her make up as per usual ( in return for all the years that she made my warts ) . My brother ( 27 and a half ) will be wearing a black hooded cloak and the mask from Scream . I know it is him inside this outfit but he still scares the bejesus out of me every year . There will be much hilarity as we get ready then as soon as it is dark we will be off to visit friends in the village . Happy Halloween to you all when it comes !

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guilty …. yes always , Thorntons chocolates , then i eat them when I realise that I didnt miss anyone out !!

Do you still hang up a stocking for Santa ?

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night boots xx thanks for the fun

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an american werewolf in london?

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Home Alone ?

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