Hallowe'en or
Halloween
October the
31st is the eve or day before The Feast of All Saints or
All Hallows. Hallows is an old word meaning holy, and
e'en is Gaelic for evening.
Many
traditional games are played on Hallowe'en. One such game is
bobbing for apples which are floating in
a tub or big bucket of water. The word
bobbing means catching in the mouth.
Hallowe'en is
finished with a supper of roasted apples and a glass of
beer.
Vocabulary
bobbing
- catching in the mouth
bucket
– Eimer
/ Kübel
floating
– schwimmen
meaning
– bedeutend
roasted
– gebraten
tub –
Wanne
Questions
When is
Hallowe'en?
Is Hallowe'en
the day before or the day after All Hallows?
What does the
word Hallow mean?
What does the
word e'en mean?
What is
bobbing for apples?
What is eaten
at the end of Hallowe'en?
Do you like
roasted apples?
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