Apple bobbing

The owners are so nice, so helpful.

They purposely scheduled us on a day they had like bobbing for apples going on.

So like maybe they were hoping more people would show up and we would get more people.

They're just thoughtful, thoughtful people.

So again, thank you to everybody.

We did

a mutual agreement with the Bobbing for Apples people that we sent people their way and they sent people our way.

Some of our folks went and Bobbed for Apples.

Uh, coming up next, though, I found out about a game.

It's called Snap Apple.

Oh.

Have you ever heard of Snap Apple before? It's kinda like bobbing for apples, except dangerous.

Oh?

I'll tell you what Snap Apple is next.

next.And Allison on Y101

Adam and Allison on Y101.

Nope, Halloween used to be a lot stranger.

And honestly, some of the traditions people had back then would probably make us look at our neighbors today and say, "You did what?" There were pranks, parties, fortune-telling, games, costumes, apple bobbing.

And apparently Halloween was sometimes a night for people to basically embrace their mischievous side.

Which sounds very Wisconsin.

I kinda love that.

It shows us that Halloween wasn't always viewed as innoc- as an, as the innocent children's holiday we think of today.

Okay, let's talk about apple bobbing, because this one sounds completely normal to us.

But imagine explaining it to someone who has never heard of it.

Just when we were mapping out how the Reformation carved a new cultural map, it struck me that some of those very shifts paved the way for something oddly playful.

Apple bobbing.

The apple, that humble fruit, became a focal point in late medieval courts and cottages alike.

And this isn't just about crunching apples.

It's a window into how everyday abundance shapes ritual.

Historically, the first documented apple bobbing shows up in that 14th century Luttrell Psalter.

where a farmer's family is shown dangling apples from a tub of water.

Scholars like Lisa Morton point out that it was as much about communal merriment as it was about fertility divination.

I think Bonfire Night.

I got distracted by apple bobbing.

Apples-

Apples are quite big that week, aren't they?

It's, like, you can't shift them.

Mm.

I love apple bobbing.

Apple bobbing's great.

I want to play all the games.

Let's do bobbing for apples with our friends.

Splashing and laughing until we catch one with our teeth, cheered the other.

And can we get fluffy pink cotton candy that melts on your tongue like magic clouds? The kids bounced with joy.

Their mom smiled as she wiped her hands on her apron.

That sounds wonderful, she said.

Bobbing for apples, candy apples, cotton candy, and the corn maze will all be waiting.

But first, we have to all help carry the pies over before anyone plays games or rides the ponies.