Since a big part of Samhain involved celebrating the Roman goddess of fruit, Pomona, who was normally represented by an apple, the old tradition eventually became part of Halloween. Or maybe people just thought Halloween needed something a little more fun than ghosts and witches?
Interestingly, though, even as the popularity of Halloween has increased over time, bobbing for apples has declined in popularity. Apple bobbing is still an integral part of some Halloween festivities, however, along with a wide variety of different games people have come up with over time to spice up their annual October parties. In the end, though, whether people choose to think of bobbing for apples as edgy due to its alleged malevolent origins in Celtic festivals, or as a tender and romantic way to force a man into marriage against his will, it will almost certainly make a mess of the tablecloth.
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Tell us what you think In fact, it began as a British courting ritual, popular among young ladies and their potential beaus. There were several variations of game: In one set of rules, each apple was assigned to a potential mate.
The bobber would then attempt to bite into the apple named for the young man she desired. If it only took her one try, they were destined for romance.
If she succeeded with her second attempt, he would court her but their love would fade. If it took three tries, their relationship was doomed. That's a little dramatic, I suppose, but you get what I mean. Two tries meant their relationship wasn't meant to last. Three tries meant, well, "Don't even try. A more competitive version of the same courting ritual had multiple women bobbing for the same apple , aka the same dude.
Whoever bobbed successfully first got to marry him.
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