Carve out the meat from the walnuts and fasten short pieces of colored
birthday candles to each halves. Name each walnut candle boat after a
person in the party, light them up and set them afloat in a tub of
water. If the two boats glide together, then those two people are said
to have similar destiny. If they glide apart, it means separation for
the owners of the boats. Sometimes candles seem to huddle together as a
close-knit family while one or two will be left alone to represent
loneliness and solitude. The candle that goes out first is said to
indicate that its owner would remain a spinster or a bachelor.
This fortune game is not only interesting and keeps the youths
interested at least as long as the candles last but also add to the
Halloween aura. The party venue with creepy decorations looks even
scarier in flickering candlelights as walnut candle boats float around
water. If a pair of candles seems to float together from the start, it
is predicted that the pair will be very close to each other throughout
their lives and will probably marry each other. Toppling of the walnut
candle boats is considered an ill omen and thus, care should be taken
not to let the boats drown.
