[Ads-l] Barry Popik on "Trick or treat"

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Barry Popik's name recently turned up on ads-l, and I now share an item
written about his work on "trick or treat":

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/treat-or-tricks-1922-edmonton-bulletin-article-has-claim-to-first-printed-reference-of-popular-halloween-phrase

Gerald Cohen
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVF.OSrYhqSfiYGAdOuZjYr5Lw&pid=Api]<https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/treat-or-tricks-1922-edmonton-bulletin-article-has-claim-to-first-printed-reference-of-popular-halloween-phrase>
'Treat or tricks': 1922 Edmonton Bulletin article has claim to first printed reference of popular Halloween phrase<https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/treat-or-tricks-1922-edmonton-bulletin-article-has-claim-to-first-printed-reference-of-popular-halloween-phrase>
Popik said the United States didn't have trick or treat until its first citation in Michigan in 1928: "People always thought it was an Americanism"
edmontonjournal.com


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