Zeldahero t1_irz1je6 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 2:25 AM Reply to TIL about Ragamuffin Day, a celebration in the New York metro area in the late-1800s and early-1900s in which children wore costumes and went door-to-door asking for candy or money on Thanksgiving. It fell out of favor as trick-or-treating on Halloween gained acceptance in the 1940s and '50s. by PikesPique Taken from Wiki: >These children were originally dressed in the style of the homeless of New York, with rags and oversized and exaggerated imitations of beggars. Permalink 2
Zeldahero t1_irz1je6 wrote
Reply to TIL about Ragamuffin Day, a celebration in the New York metro area in the late-1800s and early-1900s in which children wore costumes and went door-to-door asking for candy or money on Thanksgiving. It fell out of favor as trick-or-treating on Halloween gained acceptance in the 1940s and '50s. by PikesPique
Taken from Wiki:
>These children were originally dressed in the style of the homeless of New York, with
rags and oversized and exaggerated imitations of beggars.