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 is no less popular, and shows an
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 apples represents an old DRUID or pagan rite, there’s virtually no evidence to support this
Candy Corn—This popular Halloween confection was invented by the sons of two German emigrants to America. The Goelitz Confectionery Co. invented candy corn in the 1880s, and was producing it regularly by
Candy—Candy first became popular at 19th century VICTORIAN PARTIES, when “taffy pulling” was a typical activity for youngsters. In fact, a 1908 Good Housekeeping article even suggests that taffy pulling took on
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 is complete at Halloween without the candle
Calcannon Night— Writing in his Diary from 1828, Humphrey O’Sullivan mentions that Halloween was sometimes called “Calcannon Night,” after the eating of COLCANNON on the day. SOURCE: The Halloween Encyclopedia Second Edition
Cake—Cakes and bread were probably first associated with Halloween because of the holiday’s proximity to HARVEST. The 1580 edition of Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry notes the importance of baking cakes
Cailleach—Means “old woman,” and also refers to the last sheaf of CORN at the end of HARVEST; like the CORN DOLLY, this sheaf was sometimes hung in the house to provide good
Cabbages (see also KALE)—Cabbage is one of the most important FOOD items associated with Halloween, especially in Scotland. This folk rhyme even seems to make cabbage almost divine (“Haly” is an abbreviated
Cabbage Night—Name sometimes applied (mainly in eastern parts of the United States) to the night before Halloween, when PRANKING (such as pulling up and throwing CABBAGES) was practiced. In Halifax, Nova Scotia,
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