The Catholic Church set the day apart for intercession ... went from parish to parish “a-souling” – begging for soul cakes and singing. Children went round to all their neighbours ...

The Catholic Church in her infinite wisdom has ... Of course, they also need prayers, so the custom of begging for soul cakes came about. The children would go from house to house begging for ...

In 835 AD, the Roman Catholic Church made November 1 a religious holiday to honor the saints. Instead of offering food and wine to the spirits of ancestors, villagers baked “soul cakes.” ...

In sixteenth-century England, the offerings of the first fruits of the year’s harvest were called soul-cakes. (Wikimedia Commons/ HT) The Catholic Church set the day apart for intercession for ...