Did you know that a lot of the traditions of Halloween weren’t actually about the dead or the past?  The whole bobbing for apples thing and pretty much anything having to do with apples, has to do with the future.  The first successful bobber would be the first one married that year (sounds like the bridal bouqet to me).  Young women thought they could figure out who their husbands were going to be based on throwing the peel over her shoulder and seeing what letter or shape it took on landing. In the same vein, a matchmaker would bury a ring in the bowl of mashed potatoes, bringing luck and…