HALLOWE'EN CUSTOMS.
- • p Many curious customs are associated with All Hallows Eve. & In tho north of England Hallowe'en U ie often called Xutcrack Night. Xuts tw'j are cracked and eaten, and chestnuts || are placed 111 the tire while fortunes 4; are told. - m &. One of the most amusing of the Hal- JJ lowe'en customs is that of ducking f<* i ; apples. A tub is filled with water, and gi apples are set floating on the water; the players have to see if they can r> seize the floating apple with their teeth, the hande not being used.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 21, 26 January 1939, Page 6
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