Talk:Apple bobbing

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"Ducking for apples - change one letter and it's the story of my life." (Dorothy Parker) -- Finlay McWalter 01:27, 11 Nov 2003 (UTC)

We were forced to play this game in elementary school in 1974. Well, not forced, but when you were just a little kid, you didn't argue. Nothing like sharing spit with the entire classroom. -Rolypolyman 15:48, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Halloween
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Name
Is this better known as "Bobbing for apples" or "Apple bobbing"? -- How do you turn this on (talk) 21:06, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I've always known it as "Apple bobbing". I've never heard anyone refer to it as "Bobbing for apples". TwentiethApril1986   (want to talk?)  03:02, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes apple bobbing. Duck apple night also. Why oh why does every person think it has Celtic origins ?? Halloween British, trick or treat probably Irish. There WERE no Celts here! Only nationalistic Victorian mythmaking.

Duck apple= apples in a bowl, to represent the ducking stool for witches. Apple bobbins= Witches being hung on a rope. Chestnuts and potatoes on a fire= to represent burning the witches.

Nothing to do with Victorian Nationalistic Celtic mythmaking. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.97.120.191 (talk) 17:02, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Far Side cartoon
Gary Larson did a "bobbing for poodles" cartoon, showing crocs around the barrel.--Wendy.krieger (talk) 08:28, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

According to the Opies
According to the Opies, bobbing is tying the apple up on a nail and trying to eat it with your hands behind your back. Scones are also used. Unfortunately, it ruins the original article. 78.146.180.93 (talk) 06:01, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Text from Bowl article
I removed some text on apple bobbing from the lead of Bowl. It was around Halloween last year. It seems to conflict with this article, and I was unable to verify it. Flatscan (talk) 04:31, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Dubious Roman origins
The roman origins of apple bobbing are uncited and unclear. Reading elsewhere it seems to be heavily disputed, so I've added a dubious tag to the quote in question. Any clarification if it exists would be appreciated — Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.127.104.203 (talk) 15:45, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Health risks
Why is there a section on health risks here? This is purely a reaction to Covid and not relevant to an entry on Apple bobbing. Any communal activity based around water or food has the same risk of saliva and this germs, will every other such activity now get a health and safety section? Rickogorman (talk) 10:04, 31 October 2022 (UTC)