Halloween Kidstalk! - Henry McKean Reports

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Now, it is Halloween, of course, in a week, but today was the last day of school before the kids break up for the Halloween midterm, and Henry McKean sent us this special Halloween kids talk from Balbrigan in North County Dublin.

Henry McKean (0:46)

The children from St. Malaga's Balbrigan North County Dublin are celebrating Halloween, and they talk about the origins.

SPEAKER_5 (0:55)

I love about Halloween is like we all get to spend time together, and we get to trick-or-treat. I like trick-or-treating with my friends.

SPEAKER_6 (1:05)

I love knick-knacking on people's doors and I love jugging people's costumes. I just jug them and say if they're bad or good.

SPEAKER_5 (1:14)

I like to go to the houses twice so I can get a double candy.

Henry McKean (1:18)

So when you trick or treat, do you actually do a trick or do you just get sweets?

SPEAKER_5 (1:23)

I do get sweets and my dad sometimes tells me to do tricks even if I don't want to.

Henry McKean (1:29)

What tricks do you do?

SPEAKER_5 (1:31)

I didn't do one yet but I might do some this year. The dangers of fireworks is that if you go too close to it and you're touching it, you might not know when it's going to blow up and these fingers are gone.

Henry McKean (1:43)

And your fingers could be gone?

SPEAKER_5 (1:44)

Oh, yeah. And do you worry about the dangers of fireworks?

SPEAKER_6 (1:47)

No, not really. I kind of like them but some people can't and especially it can be bad for the environment and dogs.

Henry McKean (1:54)

Do you worry about the dogs? They don't like the banging.

SPEAKER_6 (1:56)

Yeah, well, last year I went to my cousin's and we done fireworks and the dog was really scared because he had to go up stairs and hide.

Henry McKean (2:04)

And what do you think of Halloween? What do you think of the bangers and the fireworks?

SPEAKER_5 (2:08)

I like them but most people think they're dangerous.

I think they're really dangerous but if you just be careful and just don't go too close to them they could be fun, but like you do need permits and stuff to do them.

You do, don't you?

Henry McKean (2:23)

You have to have a permit because they are illegal.

SPEAKER_5 (2:25)

Yeah, you do. With bonfires you need to be very, you need to stay very far away with and you need to stay with an adult.

SPEAKER_7 (2:34)

I think fireworks are pretty.

Henry McKean (2:41)

The kids talk about their costumes.

SPEAKER_5 (2:43)

Today I dressed up as Sajo Boys, which I didn't want to, but I had to, my mom said.

Henry McKean (2:49)

So it's from K-pop Demon Hunters.

SPEAKER_5 (2:52)

Yeah.

SPEAKER_6 (2:52)

I dressed up as a hacker.

SPEAKER_5 (2:54)

I dressed up as a skeleton. I was looking on Amazon and none of the costumes would come in time, so I got a white dress and put like loads of blood on it, and basically it's just a dead girl.

SPEAKER_7 (3:04)

So I'm dressed up as Michael Jackson.

SPEAKER_5 (3:07)

I'm dressed up as the girl from Subway Surfers. I'm dressed up as a gangster.

I'm wearing a Wednesday Halloween costume. I'm dressed up as Lee Rodrigo.

Henry McKean (3:18)

So you're a pop singer.

SPEAKER_7 (3:19)

Yeah.

SPEAKER_5 (3:20)

I'm dressed up as a vampire.

Henry McKean (3:26)

How many sweets do you normally get?

SPEAKER_7 (3:28)

So last year I got like 200, so I might have something the same as that.

SPEAKER_5 (3:33)

I usually get like loads of sweets because last year I got like a big bag and it wasn't enough.

And then this year I'll probably get like 10 bags. I usually get a lot, but I barely eat any of them. I usually get over 100 sweets.

SPEAKER_7 (3:48)

100 sweets? I usually eat half of them.

SPEAKER_5 (3:52)

I try to take all of the sweets, but sometimes I just take a few of them. I mostly get over 100, and I only eat like 5 or 10

SPEAKER_7 (4:06)

How many sweets do you get?

SPEAKER_6 (4:07)

At least over 300 I try to get as much sweets as I can, even if it has to take that, I have to go around the block two times.