This is also the tradtional time of year to hold a 'feast of the dead'. This can be anything from a full course meal where places are set at the table for deceased relatives and friends, or to simple leaving of cakes and wines by the fireside on Samhain night. This is the time of year of the apple harvest. Apples have always been magically important. When they are cut in half horizontally it reveals hidden within it's core a five-pointed star.
Apples also have a history of being used for healing, especically for getting rid of warts.
The most typical method is to cut one in half, then rub both halves over the wart, then put the two halves back together and bury them in the earth as you ask for the wart to waste away as the apples does. Apples are also sacred to Manannan, who is the god that guides the dead to the otherworld. He gave a branch of silver apples to Cormac macAirt, which rang like bells when shaken and caused anyone who heard them to forget their tiredness or sadness. Samhain is also a traditional time of divining the future. Often the divination was carried out with fruits of the season, such as hazelnuts or apples.