Loose Parts by Dave Blazek for October 30, 2014

Trick or treat! While the practice of going door to door asking for treats on holidays has been around since the Middle Ages, when was the phrase “trick or treat” coined?A. 1887B. 1913C. 1927D. 1939

C. 1927. The term “trick or treat” first appeared in an Alberta, Canada newspaper, which stated that “youthful tormentors were at back door and front demanding edible plunder by the word ‘trick or treat.’”