WHEN — AND WHY — DID WE START BOBBING FOR APPLES?
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✍️ The article explores the origins and history of apple bobbing, a traditional game played during the fall season, and its connections to romance, fertility, and Halloween.
👉 Apple bobbing originated in Europe as a game of luck and love. 👉 Apples symbolized romance and spiritualism, and the game was played to predict one's luck with romantic prospects. 👉 The game was linked to female fertility and celebrated the goddess of fruitful abundance. 👉 Apple bobbing declined in popularity in Ireland and England by the 1800s but rose in popularity in the United States. 👉 The game became synonymous with Halloween, which shares the same day as the Celtic holiday Samhain.
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