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One by one, they lean over and try to snatch an apple using only their teeth, cheeks dripping and everyone laughing. This is bobbing for apples, a game so old that people played versions of it long before Halloween existed as we know it. You might think it is just silly party fun, but it actually carries centuries of history in every splash.  \nThat splashing tub did not start as a Halloween game at all, but as part of  \nthe autumn harvest. Apples ripen in fall, so ancient communities in the British Isles used them in games during festivals that marked the end of the growing season. One old cousin of the game was snap-apple, in which an apple was hung from a string or a spinning stick, sometimes with a candle on the other end, and players tried to bite it without using their hands. The Roman goddess Pomona, who watched over orchardsand fruit, is often linked to these apple customs by historians. When cultures blended over the centuries, the harvest apple and the fall festival slowly found each other.  \nLong before you could win a prize, though, an apple game was believed to tell your future. In Britain and Ireland during the 1800s, young people played fortune games in which the first person to bite a bobbing apple would supposedly be the next to marry. Some peeled an apple in one long strip and tossed the peel over a shoulder, then looked for the shape of a letter, believing it named a future sweetheart. People told these stories as harmless party fun, a way to giggle about romance on a dark autumn night. No one truly expected an apple peel to know the future, but the games gave friends a reason to gather and tease one another.  \nThose playful fortune games packed their bags and crossed the ocean with the people who believed in them. Irish and Scottish immigrants brought Halloween customs to the United States in the 1800s, and by the early 1900s, American families were throwing lively Halloween parties. Magazines of that era printed party guides suggesting apple bobbing, ring-toss games, and blindfolded guessing games for guests. Hosts decorated with corn stalks and paper lanterns, and neighbors gathered indoors as the weather turned cold. A game once tied to the harvest had become a social evening, proof that a tradition can change its purpose while keeping its shape.  \nKeeping its shape, however, did not mean the game stayed exactly the same, especially once health worries entered the picture. Sharing one tub of water became less popular as families learned more about how germs spread from person to person. Today many schools and parties offer safer versions, such as apples hanging on strings that each player gets alone, or a doughnut-on-a-string race. Some events skip the biting entirely and let kids scoop floating apples with a small net or spoon. The old thrill of chasing a slippery apple survives, just with fewer shared mouthfuls of water.  \nThat survival is exactly what makes this simple game worth a second look. A tub of apples connects you to Roman orchards, Irish harvest nights, and living rooms from a hundred years ago, all at once.  \nAccording to the National Retail Federation, Americans spend billions of dollars on Halloween each year, yet one of its oldest traditions costs little more than some fruit and water. The next time you dunk your face toward a bobbing apple, remember that you are playing a game older than any costume in the room.  \n Bobbing for Apples and Other Halloween Games Name:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) According to the passage, how did people play the game called snap-apple?\u003Cbr>A. They passed a single apple around a circle while music played nearby.\u003Cbr>B. They tried to bite an apple hung from a string or spinning stick without using their hands.\u003Cbr>C. 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