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I used to work in credit/recoveries for a big Australian company. One of our quite good clients was a rug store that was always being liquidated, shutting down, insolvent etc. So we eventually rang them - are you actually in financial trouble? Because if so, we'd like to know. And they actually laughed, just about rolling on the floor. No, was the answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by pop058
Correct. Halloween did not originate in the USA, but trick and treating did.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4bee
Possibly, but not according to Wiki- wottsit.
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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] The Scottish Halloween custom of "guising" – children disguised in costume going from house to house for food or money;[2] – is first recorded in North America in 1911 in Ontario, Canada.[3] 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. In the last, this practice is called calaverita (Spanish for "sugar skull"), and instead of "trick or treat", the children ask, "¿Me da mi calaverita?" ("Can you give me my sugar skull?"), where a calaverita is a small skull made of sugar or chocolate
True but the modern materialistic version of Halloween is totally US based.
What's a bronco?Quote:
Originally Posted by ramblingboy42
North American word for a wild horse (brumby) me thinks......
The Australian identity is being remade every day by the new immigrants and exposure to other cultures through the various media. Some countries that are insular don't have their identity changing, either due to a lack of new immigrants (think Japan) and/or authoritarian governments (North Korea).
I think I prefer our way.
Boys , black friday sales means cheap deals on oil and filters for the landy, plus I got a great deal on a new tool box for xmas for my young fella.
SUV is a sporty falcon or holden ute. Not some pumped up hatchback, I would love to see them get a yard of manure in the back.
Furphy is a lie that started in ww1 from takes around the water cart ,made by Furphy.
I always laugh when I see them advertising it as a refreshing ale.
The list continues. ..
Strong as brick ****house . [bigsmile1]
If you don't think Austray has an identity you may be living in the wrong place?[smilebigeye]
Nowhere has 'an' identity. All places are made up of complex multi-faceted identities. Diversity is the spice of life.