to ask for a trick?

[BriechonCheese]

I'm fine with Halloween. I grew up in Ireland and where I lived it was a definite "thing" but tricks and practical jokes were the main attraction. We always had to perform a wee turn at the door to receive a treat.

No one in England seems to ask for a trick and it tends to be a case of hand over the loot but nonetheless I've taught my kids a scary poem to recite just incase.

AIBU to say "trick please!" when the wee scary faces appear at my door?

My next door neighbour is a gobshite challenging gentleman and called me a "rude cow" when I asked for a trick from his granddaughter last year.

Would I be a meany to ask them to perform a trick? Am I likely to get egged?

I get my two to rehearse a song in case anyone does ask for a trick. You can't say 'trick or treat' and not be prepared to offer both - it would be disingenuous!

Oh, now here when you say trick or treat it's meant to mean they'll play a trick on you unless you give them a treat.

Namedy that would be trick AND treat surely. If it's OR surely you'd choose the treat? I can't see the phrase working in a Scottish context!

Nah, trick or treat conveys demanding chocs with menaces. I remember, the one time I went trick or treating as a rather naïve child, being rather shocked that my friends had flour and water, in case of need for tricking.