Volume: CBÉ 0106

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1. Halloween Customs and Games (continued)

   

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   Another game they had was "dipping for apples" A large tub of water was placed on the floor, it would be about half full of water, and an apple and a three-penny bit would be put in the bottom of it, and a person would have to take them out of it with their teeth. The whole head and part of the body would have to go under the water in order to get near the apple or the money. They would clap and cheer great for the person that would take up the the three-penny bit in his teeth.
   Then there was another game two pieces of sticks would be got about a foot and a half long and put crossways on each-other and nailed in the centre in the shape of a cross. Then a

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   History Edit

   Date

   1935

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script