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Online Reference For Body, Mind & Spirit

Term: Soul-Cakes

DEFINITION:
On October 31, poor British children used to beg for small cakes, or the money to buy them, so their departed dead would have a special treat when they’d come visit on All Souls’ Day (November 1). This is the origin of American trick-or-treating on Halloween.
SOURCE:  Bronwen Forbes
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