Halloween has long since been said to be a magical time and traditional festivities usually included several divination rituals. In Celtic tradition, apples were associated with female deities who controlled the ways of love so the fruit was used in many marriage divinations. One of the most popular of the time was for young unmarried people to try to bite into an apple floating in water or hanging from a string. It was said that the first person that bit into the apple would be the next one to marry.

In the first century A.D., Celtic practices were adopted by the Romans and Samhain was assimilated into some of the other Roman traditions such as their day to honor Pomona. Pomona is the goddess of fruits and trees and her symbol is the apple.

Apples are still a big part of Halloween celebrations today. In addition to bobbing for Apples, we make candy apples, drink apple cider and some people even hand out apples to trick or treaters.

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