This came
from a Scottish fortune-telling game, where girls used cabbage stumps to
predict information about their future husbands. Today in some American states
teens skipped the fortune-telling and simply went around throwing cabbage at
their neighbors’ houses. This was no isolated tradition: In late 19th century
in America, country boys reportedly rejoiced in throwing cabbage, corn and
assorted rotten vegetables. Wednesday 1 November 2017
HALLOWEEN: THE CABBAGE NIGHT
This came
from a Scottish fortune-telling game, where girls used cabbage stumps to
predict information about their future husbands. Today in some American states
teens skipped the fortune-telling and simply went around throwing cabbage at
their neighbors’ houses. This was no isolated tradition: In late 19th century
in America, country boys reportedly rejoiced in throwing cabbage, corn and
assorted rotten vegetables. 
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