Games for Hallow-e’en

A candle named for you sets sail in a walnut shell, and the way it drifts may foretell your future—or leave you alone in the cold. Then, in a room gone silent, a little cake waits by the fire for midnight and a glimpse of a future spouse.

Mary E. Blain’s early-twentieth-century guide turns a Hallow-e’en party into a night of candlelit omens, riddles, and lively tests. Guests bob for apples, read their fortunes in roasting nuts, and dare to snatch sweets from Snapdragon’s flames; every game makes the evening’s laughter a little more mysterious. Will the walnut boats find their matches, and what might the night reveal about yours?

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