In Australia people celebrate Guy Fawkes Eve as the day for Halloween or as it is also known Mischief Night or Danger Night.
On this night it is a day for children to create mischief by doing tricks or getting a treat.
It is not widely done in Australia as it is in America and elsewhere, in fact most children in Australia celebrate it as dance at their schools or in other activities. Not as a day to create lawless or other mischief.
Traditional australian Halloween song
Waltzing Matilda
Waltzing Matilda (Carrying a Swag)
Oh! there once was a swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a Coolabah tree;
And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling,
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matida with me?
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling,
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
Waltzing Matilda and leading a water bag
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water-hole,
Up Jumped the swagman and grabbed him in gee;
And he sang ashe stowed him away in his tucker-bag,"
You'll come a-waltzing Mailda with me."
Down came the Squatter a-riding his thoroughbred;
Down came Policeman - one, two and three."
Whose is the jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me."
But the swagman, he up and he jumped in the water-hole,
Drowning himself by the Coolabah tree;
And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the Billabong
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"
A. B. (Banjo) Paterson
Traditional Australian Halloween Recipe
Ingredients:
1 piece of lamb, beef, turkey or even chicken.
1/2 pumpkinpotatoescarrots other vegetables whatever you desire
Procedure:
1. Skin the pumpkin and cut into bite size pieces.
2. Cook the pumpkin and the vegetables in the meat juices for about 1 hour then remove them from the juices and cook them for a further 1 hour in their own juices until dried out.
3. Serve with a roast of whatever meat you desire.
