SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2022
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!
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