24/10/2026
Forget swiping right. In documented Irish Halloween divination customs, people threw apple peels, pulled cabbages from the ground, and fumbled over crockery to see if they would get a date.
🍎 Apple peel: Throw it over your shoulder and see what letter it resembles. In some recorded traditions, that letter was interpreted as the initial of your future sweetheart’s name.
🥬 Cabbage: Pull one from the ground, sometimes blindfolded. In documented regional customs, the roots and soil clinging to it could be read as clues about a future partner’s character or fortune. Modern retellings often simplify this into “the cabbage predicts your future spouse,” but the historical details varied from place to place.
💍 Three saucers: Choose one without looking. In some recorded versions, a ring was associated with marriage, water with emigration, and clay with death. These meanings were not universal, though, and could differ depending on the community or source.
The exact details varied by region and period, so it’s worth separating the customs found in folklore records from the playful versions shared online today. The modern retellings are often more dramatic—and much funnier—than the original accounts.
Still, imagine entrusting your entire romantic future to a cabbage. 🤣
That said, I hear most men on Tinder are fu***ng cabbages anyway. 🙈
Which one would you have tried? 👀
MollysMagickalMakes
