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 tenerezza

link 30.09.2005 10:38 
Subject: apple-dunking
Словосочетание apple-dunking.. что-то оно у меня никак не складывается..
Встречается в следующем контексте:
Hold an apple-dunking contest and give the winner a bushel of apples.

 gogolesque

link 30.09.2005 10:48 
in my childhood we always called it "bobbing for apples" - you take a large bucket, fill it with water, put apples in it and the person, using only their mouth has to pull an apple out of the bucket. we do this a lot at halloween parties and parties in the fall. and it is more difficult and fun than it sounds! :)

 Pilar2005

link 30.09.2005 10:49 
hope it helps:

 Translucid Mushroom

link 30.09.2005 10:50 
2 Gogo - you should've tried the watermelons :)

 Aiduza

link 30.09.2005 10:50 
Dunking is a form torture and punishment that was applied to scolds and supposed witches.

In a trial by ordeal, supposed witches were immersed into a vat of water or pond, and taken out after some time, when the victim had the ability to confess. If she confessed, she was killed. If she did not confess, she was submerged again. This process usually was repeated until the victim drowned or gave up and let herself be executed in another way (hanging or, rarely, burning).

 Aiduza

link 30.09.2005 10:51 

 Translucid Mushroom

link 30.09.2005 10:51 
How cute.

 gogolesque

link 30.09.2005 10:56 
i love bobbibg for apples! it is almost better than pin the tale on the donkey :)

 tenerezza

link 30.09.2005 11:16 
спасибо огромное!

 

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