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often children, would go door to door during Allhallowtide, collecting soul cakes in exchange for praying for the dead, especially the souls of the givers' friends and relatives. This was called "souling". Soul cakes were also offered for the souls themselves to eat, being laid on graves, or the "soulers" would act as their representatives. As with the Lenten tradition of hot cross buns, soul cakes were often marked with a cross,

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