Comments on: Halloween Apples! http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/2009/10/halloween-apples/ Sometimes people just randomly move to Manitoba. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:29:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emma http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/2009/10/halloween-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-63855 Emma Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:04:47 +0000 http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/?p=801#comment-63855 I heard my first "Halloween Apples" last night - only one in a sea of "Trick or Treat". But even then, lots of kids just shuffled up to the door, pillow cases outstretched. Hrumpf. Kids these days! I heard my first “Halloween Apples” last night – only one in a sea of “Trick or Treat”. But even then, lots of kids just shuffled up to the door, pillow cases outstretched. Hrumpf. Kids these days!

]]> By: Liz http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/2009/10/halloween-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-63840 Liz Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:19:25 +0000 http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/?p=801#comment-63840 The kids came knocking or rang the doorbell tonight in BC. Nobody called 'Trick or Treat' or 'Hallowe'en Apples'. They don't seem to do either here. Going out for Hallowe'en in Winnipeg in the '30s (yes, that's right) it was always HALLOWEEEE'EN AAPULLS. Considering how difficult it is to grow apples easily on The Prairies one has to wonder why we said that????? We sure had fun though. The kids came knocking or rang the doorbell tonight in BC. Nobody called ‘Trick or Treat’ or ‘Hallowe’en Apples’. They don’t seem to do either here.
Going out for Hallowe’en in Winnipeg in the ’30s (yes, that’s right) it was always HALLOWEEEE’EN AAPULLS. Considering how difficult it is to grow apples easily on The Prairies one has to wonder why we said that????? We sure had fun though.

]]> By: Anthony G http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/2009/10/halloween-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-63400 Anthony G Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:41:57 +0000 http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/?p=801#comment-63400 Very funny... I am a Winnipeg ex-part in Toronto and I was at a house party recently talking halloween, and when i mentioned singing "Halloween Apples" as a kid, everyone looked at me like I was crazy. We determined it "must be a winnipeg thing" and this post (and comments) confirms that! Very funny… I am a Winnipeg ex-part in Toronto and I was at a house party recently talking halloween, and when i mentioned singing “Halloween Apples” as a kid, everyone looked at me like I was crazy. We determined it “must be a winnipeg thing” and this post (and comments) confirms that!

]]> By: Bart http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/2009/10/halloween-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-62440 Bart Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:38:56 +0000 http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/?p=801#comment-62440 In Regina in the 60s and 70s I heard "Halloween Ap-ples!" with a distinctive tune — C, C, C, A, C. Personally I hated it and much preferred Trick or Treat. There were debates at school about which was correct, better, first, etc. but nobody had any actual information, just opinions. In Regina in the 60s and 70s I heard “Halloween Ap-ples!” with a distinctive tune — C, C, C, A, C. Personally I hated it and much preferred Trick or Treat. There were debates at school about which was correct, better, first, etc. but nobody had any actual information, just opinions.

]]> By: Neil http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/2009/10/halloween-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-4307 Neil Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:58:13 +0000 http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/?p=801#comment-4307 I too grew up in Edmonton in the '60s and it was "Halloween Apples" all over town - sung, no less, to a minor third interval. There was not a "Trick or Treat" to be heard, and definitely no ringing of doorbells. A friend of mine who grew up in Calgary tells me that he too used to say "Halloween Apples". Anyone else from Calgary care to comment? Anyway, could it be a Prairie thing? How about you Saskatchewanites (? I just realized that after 50 years I still don't know what to call you! Is that correct?) I'm sad to hear that it is being replaced by "Trick or Treat", that always seemed to me to be an American saying... I too grew up in Edmonton in the ’60s and it was “Halloween Apples” all over town – sung, no less, to a minor third interval. There was not a “Trick or Treat” to be heard, and definitely no ringing of doorbells. A friend of mine who grew up in Calgary tells me that he too used to say “Halloween Apples”. Anyone else from Calgary care to comment?

Anyway, could it be a Prairie thing? How about you Saskatchewanites (? I just realized that after 50 years I still don’t know what to call you! Is that correct?)

I’m sad to hear that it is being replaced by “Trick or Treat”, that always seemed to me to be an American saying…

]]> By: Bob Armstrong http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/2009/10/halloween-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-3223 Bob Armstrong Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:23:53 +0000 http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/?p=801#comment-3223 I know I'm late to this, but I agree that this is a generational, rather than purely Manitoba, difference. I went "Halloweening" in Alberta from 1965- 66 and from 1969 to 73 or 74 and we said Halloween Apples. Trick or Treat, and Trick or Treating, replaced Halloween Apples and Halloweening, probably due to the influence of American television. I know I’m late to this, but I agree that this is a generational, rather than purely Manitoba, difference. I went “Halloweening” in Alberta from 1965- 66 and from 1969 to 73 or 74 and we said Halloween Apples. Trick or Treat, and Trick or Treating, replaced Halloween Apples and Halloweening, probably due to the influence of American television.

]]> By: saurabh http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/2009/10/halloween-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-2994 saurabh Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:43:15 +0000 http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/?p=801#comment-2994 I grew up in New Jersey in the US, and we had that smell-my-feet rhyme there, too. Must be a genetic legacy of being human. I grew up in New Jersey in the US, and we had that smell-my-feet rhyme there, too. Must be a genetic legacy of being human.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/2009/10/halloween-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-2343 Ryan Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:23:54 +0000 http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/?p=801#comment-2343 That's funny. Perhaps in Winnipeg we hold on to things more antiquated for a little longer... take for example all the random small-scale examples of modern architecture that have stuck around for this long: "the wave" style Safeways, anyone? too bad they're being torn down... the route of Halloween Apples too, it seems. That’s funny. Perhaps in Winnipeg we hold on to things more antiquated for a little longer… take for example all the random small-scale examples of modern architecture that have stuck around for this long: “the wave” style Safeways, anyone? too bad they’re being torn down… the route of Halloween Apples too, it seems.

]]> By: Josh http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/2009/10/halloween-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-2336 Josh Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:53:30 +0000 http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/?p=801#comment-2336 I grew up in Edmonton and it was nothing but "Halloween Apples"...and with no MB connection. I haven't heard it in years. Good times. I grew up in Edmonton and it was nothing but “Halloween Apples”…and with no MB connection. I haven’t heard it in years. Good times.

]]> By: Emma http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/2009/10/halloween-apples/comment-page-1/#comment-2334 Emma Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:26:20 +0000 http://www.winnipegomyheart.com/?p=801#comment-2334 Thanks for the input, everyone. I am a bit sad to report that although we had close to 100 kids, not one of them said "Halloween Apples"! It sounds like a revival of the saying is in order :) Thanks for the input, everyone. I am a bit sad to report that although we had close to 100 kids, not one of them said “Halloween Apples”! It sounds like a revival of the saying is in order :)

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