If you set your nuts on fire, you’ll know if s/he will love you forever. Or I guess technically, the idea is that if you

If you set your nuts on fire, you’ll know if s/he will love you forever. Or I guess technically, the idea is that if you
What’s going on here? No, really. What’s happening in this card? Even if we spell it out, I don’t understand. We’ve got a little girl
Starting off this year’s podcast season in earnest with a discussion of Halloween History. Lisa Morton has written three excellent books about Halloween history, as
I’ve written about the Halloween fortune telling games in the old cards: kale-picking, apple-peeling, and mirror games. And I’ve talked about how some of the
Halloween used to be a time for regular people to cast spells and get their fortune told. “Good Christians” could be reassured that this was
Along with the mirror “spell,” apples appeared in many divination games at Halloween parties. Apples are common harvest fruits, and we’re familiar with bobbing for