You must be meeting the wrong sort of geezers Ebbie, as for "poltical correctness" ever becoming necessary, it's a moot point, it's certainly become an industry I know that.

Mark we used to go out guising on Halloween, and kids still do it, although the American Trick or Treat is unfortunately creeping in now. Kids in England don't do it , but it is an old tradition up here in Scotland. We had lots of traditional games that we played at that time too, like 'Dooking for apples' This involves filling a big basin with water, and floating apples in it, you then had to try to get one out using your teeth, you had to kneel on the floor with your hands behind your back while doing this. I always understood the word guising to be an elision of the word disguising.
Giok