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"etymology_text": "Probably from Middle English sǒuel, souvel, suvel (“food eaten with bread; food in general”), from Old English sufel, sufol (“anything (especially relish) eaten with bread; sowl”), from Proto-Germanic *suflą (“entremets, viands”), from Proto-Indo-European *seu-, *sew- (“juice; moisture; rain”). + cake. The practice of begging for a soul cake is related to begging for condiments (sowl or soul) from wealthy neighbours, with a Christian re-interpretation.",
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"ref": "1981, Geoffrey Scard, Squire and tenant: life in rural Cheshire, 1760-1900, page 93",
"text": "All Souls' Day was celebrated by souling, a custom going back to pre-Reformation days: soul cakers and mummers toured the village begging for a soul cake — a plain, round, flat cake seasoned with spices.",
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{
"ref": "1992, Joanna Bogle, A Book of Feasts and Seasons, page 174",
"text": "You tell them to say \"A soul cake, a soul cake, I pray thee, good mistress, a soul cake\", which is the old North Country refrain.",
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{
"ref": "2018, Sharon Ely Pearson, Faithful Celebrations: Making Time for God in Autumn, page 133",
"text": "Begging at the door for candy grew from an ancient English custom of knocking at doors to beg for a “soul cake” in return for which the beggars promised to pray for the dead of the household.",
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"A cake seasoned with spices or raisins given to beggars on All Soul's Eve (Halloween)."
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