"Are ye haudin Hall'een?" was the cry all over Scotland. We sang, danced, "dooked for aipples", and gamely tried to eat treacle-dripping scones suspended from a line over a tarp in somebody's living room. No ebntertainment, no reward; "trick or treat" was unknown there, until tv brought it acroos the pond.Most people [ in the Uk--] abhor this North American way of celebrating Halloween, although there is no shortage of would-be"hard men" who would revel in not only the implication of a threat, but would gleefully carry it out. Perish the day if it ever arrives in Scotland."Trick or treaters" who arrived at my door NEVER went away in profit.