Allantide—Cornish name for HALLOW-TIDE; derives from the nineteenth-century (and earlier) custom of giving each member of the family an Allan APPLE on Halloween. Eating the apple on Halloween night ensured good luck for the coming year.
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This seemingly innocent fruit, cultivated by the Romans and Britons as early as 3000 B.C.E., has had a long association with Magic, Witchcraft, and goddess…
Apples—Apples are probably the single most important food item associated with Halloween; they are featured in GAMES (primarily BOBBING FOR APPLES), FORTUNE-TELLING, FOODS ranging from…
Bobbing for Apples (also “ducking for apples,” “dookin’ for apples,” “Bob-apple”)— The most popular of all Halloween GAMES. Although it’s been claimed that bobbing for…
Candles—Candles are one of the few constants in all versions of Halloween, at all times and all places; even in twenty-first century America, no house…
Apple Seeds—If APPLE PARING—or using the skin of an apple — is a popular Halloween FORTUNE-TELLING method, the use of the seeds within the apple…