We learn about the history of trick-or-treating from Halloween historian Lisa ... Quite often it was a custom little cake that was called a soul cake. Children would imitate the beggars.

which included Souling, a medieval English tradition where people would go door-to-door on All Saint's Day to offer a song or prayer in exchange for food, typically a soul cake. The Scottish and ...

From outrageous costumes to trick or treat: the unexpected ancient roots of Halloween's ... in exchange for ale, cakes and apples Leaving food and sweetly spiced "soul cakes" or "soulmass" cakes ...

while Souling had individuals offering prayers for the deceased in return for 'soul cakes'. These early customs evolved over the centuries and helped shape the Halloween we celebrate today.

All Souls Day and Soul Cakes – The American Halloween tradition of trick-or-treating probably ... The practice, which was referred to as “going a-souling,” was eventually taken up by children who ...

Here is why Halloween is celebrated ... In medieval Britain, the practice of “souling” involved children and the poor going door-to-door on Hallowmas (November 1) offering prayers for the deceased in ...

As an adult who has seen Halloween on repeat for ... It is believed to have begun with “souling”: going from door-to-door begging for “soul cakes” in exchange for prayers for the dead ...

The ancient precursor to Halloween, Samhain commemorates the ... revelers would visit the homes of the wealthy and receive “soul cakes,” pastries given in exchange for the promise to pray ...

(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Halloween ... ‘souling’, in which people – usually the poorer in society – would go door-to-door offering prayers for the deceased in exchange for food. From the ...

If you don’t like Halloween, we can’t be ... Another tradition of the time was baking “soul cakes” in memory of the dead. This led to “souling,” where groups of children traveled ...

Halloween is not just a day to trick or treat ... As an early form of trick or treating, people used soul cakes, and this practice is called souling. Each cake represents the free soul from purgatory, ...