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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Mark Brown

English Heritage sites to give out ‘soul cakes’ to Halloween visitors

Plate of soul cakes on table with ingredients and pumpkins.
The tradition of souling involved people going from door to door saying prayers in exchange for cakes. Photograph: Jim Holden/English Heritage

It’s trick or treat with a twist: no tricks, just the possible release of souls from their purgatory accompanied by a tasty oat-based biscuit.

English Heritage is this weekend reviving the medieval tradition of souling, in which people go from door to door, singing and saying prayers for souls in exchange for a small round treat called a soul cake, or soulmass-cake.

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