BOBBING FOR APPLES
BOBBING FOR APPLES
Bobbing for Apples Innocent?
WEBSTER HAS SEVERAL DEFINITIONS
FOR
"Bobbing, A Short Quick Down and Up Motion,"
1. DECEIVE, CHEAT
2. TO TAKE BY FRAUD..."
ORAL TRADITION TELLS US THAT THE FRUIT IN THE
GARDEN WAS AN APPLE. WHEN ONE BOBS FOR AN APPLE,
HIS/HER MOUTH AND NOSE ARE SUBMERGED
BENEATH WATER ( A SYMOBL OF DEATH)
AND WHEN HE/SHE COMES UP FOR AIR (A SYMBOL
OF LIFE) WITH THE APPLE IN HIS/HER MOUTH
ONE CAN ALMOST HEAR THE MOCKERY AGAIN....
"YOU SHALL NOT SURELY DIE...."