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==History==
The tradition of bobbing for apples dates back to the [[Roman invasion of Britain]]times, when the conqueringRoman army merged their own celebrations with traditional Celtic festivals.<ref name="“Examiner”" /> During an annual celebration, young unmarried people tried to bite into an apple floating in water or hanging from a string on a line;<ref name="silv">[https://books.google.com/books?id=jk0bvrg-v1UC&dq=%22apple+bobbing%22++-carving&pg=PA77 Halloween] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026175545/https://books.google.com/books?id=jk0bvrg-v1UC&dq=%22apple+bobbing%22++-carving&pg=PA77 |date=2023-10-26 }}, Silver RavenWolf, p77, {{ISBN|1-56718-719-6}}. Retrieved 21 October 2008.</ref> the first person to bite into the apple would be the next one to be allowed to marry. Apple bobbing was appropriated in the Irish festival [[Samhain]], with apples serving as a sign of fertility and abundance.<ref name="“Examiner”">{{cite news |title=5 Halloween games to play at home this week |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/relationships/arid-40071011.html |access-date=19 October 2021 |work=Irish Examiner |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029170835/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/relationships/arid-40071011.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Both apple bobbing and an apple on a string in 18th-century Ireland are mentioned by [[Charles Vallancey]] in his book ''Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis''.<ref>{{cite book | title=Collectanea de Rebis Hibernicis | year=1786 | publisher=L. White | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vC82AAAAMAAJ&q=apple | access-date=2023-03-18 | archive-date=2023-10-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026175545/https://books.google.com/books?id=vC82AAAAMAAJ&q=apple#v=snippet&q=apple&f=false | url-status=live }}</ref>
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