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| Keywords: Souling on Halloween.png The Christian practice of souling on All Hallows' Eve also known as Halloween in an English town The photograph is taken from St Nicholas An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks December 1882 p 93 The magazine states that the rich gave soul cakes to the poor on Halloween; in return the recipients prayed for the souls of the givers and their friends It further says that 'this custom became so favored in popular esteem that for a long time it was a regular observance in the country towns of England for small companies to go about from parish to parish at Halloween begging soul-cakes by singing under the windows some such verse as this Soul soul for a soul-cake Pray you good mistress a soul-cake ' This verse is inscribed on the bottom of this photograph As the text notes this practice was also performed on Christmas 1882-12 Original publication St Nicholas An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks Scribner Company December 1882 p 93<br/> Immediate source St Nicholas An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks Scribner Company December 1882 p 93 Mary Mapes Dodge<br/> Life time 1905 PD-old-100-1923 Original upload log page en wikipedia Souling_on_Halloween png 2013-10-30 04 00 Maodhóg 289×408× 149984 bytes <nowiki>Uploading an old public-domain work using File Upload Wizard</nowiki> Halloween in England Uploaded with UploadWizard | ||||
