In Scotland children dressed in costumes representing different

In Scotland, children, dressed in costumes representing different monsters, go from house to house begging for sweets, called guisers, and it custom - Guising ( «Geising" from the English. Guise - the wearing of masks and costumes, dressing up comic)

The tradition of dressing up in costumes and go from house to house begging for sweets, appeared in the Middle Ages and was originally is connected with Christmas. In England Ireland, the poor of old went home and begged for so-called "spiritual cakes" All Saints' Day (November 1), in exchange for promising to pray for the souls of the dead relatives of the owners.

In addition to Trick-or-treating and wearing various costumes, Halloween celebration is also connected with some specific games and divination. For example, using the peel: Scottish girl cut the peel of an apple, trying to make it as long as possible, and threw over his shoulder. It was believed that the fallen peel took the form of the first letters of the names of her spouse. Another custom was based on the belief of the famous Bloody Mary, which today has become a popular legend. This divination was the fact that young girls were in a dark house to climb the ladder backwards and hold a candle in front of a mirror. After that, the mirror was ostensibly seem face of her future husband, but she could see in the mirror and skull - it meant that she would die, never married.