Traditions
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Halloween Idioms
200

The phrase kids say at someone's door to ask for candy.

What is "Trick or Treat"?

200

Immigrants from this country brought Halloween traditions to the US.

What is Ireland?

200

Dig your own grave

Meaning: To do something that will cause your own problems or ruin you

300
A carved pumpkin on Halloween.

What is a "Jack-O-Lantern"?

300

The name "Halloween" comes from this older name, meaning "All Saint's Eve"

What is "All Hallow's Eve"?

300

The cat's out of the bag

Meaning: to reveal a secret (accidentally or carelessly)

400

Before pumpkins, what is a vegetable that was carved to scare away spirits?

What are turnips? What are potatoes?

400

Halloween has origins in this ancient European people.

Who are the Celtic people?

400

Skeletons in the closet

Meaning: hiding something/having a shameful secret

500

Activity involving a bucket of water with apples in it. The goal is to pick up an apple without your hands...

What is "bobbing for apples"?

500
Trick-or-treating took on its family-friendly form in this decade of the 20th century.

What are the 1950s?

500

Over my dead body

Meaning: Expresses strong refusal to allow something to happen