We are going to make small cakes(cake balls) for our friends and family while learning about the English and Irish traditions of Halloween.
Halloween was derived from an old Celtic festival called Samhain, but trick-or-treating is a practice that is derived from an old European practice called “souling.” Souling is when the beggars of European cities would go door to door begging for “soul cakes” which are a type of small bread like cake. In return for a soul cake, the beggars would promise to pray for the deceased relatives of those giving the soul cakes. The more soul cakes a beggar received, the more prayers they promised to pray.
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