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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

apple bobbing

English answer:

Wonderful game

Added to glossary by Kim Metzger
Apr 8, 2002 21:00
22 yrs ago
3 viewers *
English term

apple bobbing

English Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama tv
Apple bobbing's all set up
Responses
4 +4 Wonderful game
1 pendiller dans l'eau pour des pommes

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Wonderful game

Apples are placed in a tub of water and the trick is to try to grab an apple with one's mouth. Lots of fun for everyone.

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Note added at 2002-04-08 21:03:57 (GMT)
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http://akidsheart.com/holidays/fall/appbob.htm
Peer comment(s):
agree Erika Pavelka (X)
8 mins
agree Irina Filippova : Also,in the late 19th centure "to bob for apples or cherries" meant to try and catch them while they swing backwards and forwards (a game as well).
13 mins
agree Berni Armstrong : We used to call it "ducking for apples" - we did it on 31st October, which we used to call "duck apple night". I never heard of "Halloween" until my teens.
22 mins
agree cathell : Bobbing for apples is traditionally played at Halloween parties . The apples are put into a bucket full of water. The children place their hands behind their backs, and then try to catch the apples in their mouths. I haven't heard of it played in Britain.
15 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks, though i have an american son, never heard about this game before....don't even know if they play it in Portugal and what is its name! We do that by trying to get cookies hanging from treads...with our mouth. Rita"
10 mins

pendiller dans l'eau pour des pommes

le jeu de pendiller dans l'eau pour des pommes est tout pret

I agree with Kim but he didn't give french words

often played at Halloween time
Peer comment(s):
neutral John Kinory (X) : That's because it's English (monolingual)
10 mins
neutral Berni Armstrong : Further to my note above. My Dad also hung objects from a line, that night, and us kids had to "fish" for them, blindfolded. They usually included candy, but also bars of soap, or sticky things :-)
17 mins
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