Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2023-10-21

Books mentioned on Selects: Where Did Trick-Or-Treating Come From?

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We aren’t exactly sure who invented trick-or-treating – kids who realized they could extort adults for candy, or adults who bought off kids in exchange for laying off pranks? The bigger question is: Will trick-or-treating survive the 21st century?

Josh Clark discussed The Book of Hallowe'en by Ruth Edna Kelley.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The Book of Hallowe'en

   Ruth Edna Kelley · at 19:50

   Discussed

   “because in 1919 there was a book uh by Ruth Edna called Ruth and Kelly called The Book of Halloween uh and it didn't mention any kind of trick-or treating in there no and it's like an exhaustive comprehensive Homemakers overview”

   Josh Clark Selects: Where Did Trick-Or-Treating Come From? 2023-10-21 Listen at 19:50

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