ID: 218
Date: 1970s-2006
Title: Trick or treat
Gender: Male and Female 
Classification: Calendar 
Rhyme: 

Trick or treat,
Smell my feet,
Give me something good to eat. (Auckland, 1970s; Hamilton, 1990s)
If you don't I don't care,
I'll pull down your underwear.

(Methven, 1970s; Christchurch, 1990s; Nelson, 1990s; Auckland, 2000 x 3; Christchurch, 2000 x 3; Hokitika, 2005)

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REPLY
I don't care,
I don't care,
I can buy another pair.

(Christchurch, 1990)

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Trick or treat, smell my feet,
Give me something good to eat.
If you don't I don't care,
I'll stick it up your underwear.

(Kawerau, 2002)

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Trick or treat, smell my feet,
Give me something good to eat.
If you don't I don't care,
Let me smell your underwear.

(Auckland, 2000)

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Trick or treat, smell my feet,
Give me something good to eat.
If you don't I don't care,
You've got smelly underwear.

(Blenheim, 1990s)

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Trick or treat, smell my feet,
Give me something good to eat.
If you don't I don't care,
I'll throw away your underwear.

(Blenheim, 1990s)

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Background Info: Often chanted in relation to Halloween trick or treating. See "Play and Folklore", Issue 39, 2000:10-12 for details of Halloween rituals in Australia and England.

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Opie, 1967:268-275, for British customs and games associated with Halloween.

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Keywords: bawdy, retort, occasional rhyme 
Location: Various NZ 
Group size: 2 
Incidence: 15