In 1919 Ruth Edna Kelley published The Book of Halloween. Here she describes a game of “snap-apple”: A variation of the Irish snap-apple is a hoop hung by strings from the ceiling, round which at intervals are placed bread, apples, cakes, peppers, candies, and candles. The strings are twisted, then let go, and as the…
Meaghan Walsh Gerard
writer. photographer. woman of letters.