Trivia: Which Halloween activity began as a courting ritual?
Eating candy
Decorating with black and orange
Lighting bonfires
Bobbing for apples
Correct Answer: Bobbing for apples
So why is this answer correct? : It’s mostly limited to kids’ parties now, but bobbing for apples had quite a saucy start. In 18th century Britain it was a courting ritual, played out in a few different variations. In one, the person who could bite an apple the fastest was said to be the first who would get married. In another, bobbers were assigned certain apples to see who they got paired with.