Going A-Souling
During the celebrations associated with All Soul’s Day on November 2, poor people would knock on the doors of wealthy citizens and be given pastries as treats. Like guising, souling was a precursor to modern trick-or-treating.
Going A-Souling
~ I AM ME ~ MULTI-FACETED LIKE A DIAMOND ~ 
Didn’t know about that one – a new one on me.
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I remember reading about this years ago. The adults were the ones who went door to door and asked for food. Then the heavy responsibility of collecting all the candy was relegated to the children. What a burdensome way to spend the night! Whoever started that abusive tradition should have been shot! How do they survive? How did I survive? The poor bairns!🙃
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I just remembered too, that the reason they wore masks is so the evil spirits wouldn’t be able to recognize them. It saved them from being haunted by them.
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