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Looks like a New Yorker cover from the time, of a bunch of Kids trick or treating a scary house in the neighborhood.
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A clacker noisemaker, I'm guessing.
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I think so, too, but what for?
Whistling past the graveyard? Scaring crap out of his/her friends? Looking for a trick while they are seeking treats?
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Here's an example of one, apparently stamped with the words "wicky wacky" although that didn't bring up any additional information.
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Just making scary noises while trick or treating, I assume.
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Yeah making noise. That type has a metal plate for the two balls./beads to bounce off, the ones Clod linked have the wood drilled out and a slot cut to make a clacking sound.
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Diaphone Jim wrote:
I think so, too, but what for?
Whistling past the graveyard? Scaring crap out of his/her friends? Looking for a trick while they are seeking treats?
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TO MAKE NOISE