HAPPY ALLENTIDE!

  SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2023

          HAPPY ALLENTIDE!

    It's October 29th. The date of an old

Cornish Festival known as "Allentide."

It's observed the Saturday cloest to

Halloween and, in fact, it's closely associated

with ghosts and such just like Halloween.

But Allentide features a couple traditions

that are, to say the least, unique! Apples

were given out as gifts on Allentide. But

young girls didn't eat them. Instead they

placed them under their pillows, Tooth

Fairy style, in the belief they would then

dream of the man they were to marry!

Another unusual Allentide tradition involved

hanging apples from a suspended board with

candles on top of the plank. You "bobbed"

for the apples by reaching up rather than

dunking into a pail of water. Proble is, if

you tilted the board as you stretched for your

apple you were likely to get some hot candle

wax on your head! I think I'll stick with

Hallowen's Trick or Treat traditions! Hope

you're well and that all your NEWS is good!