Hi Folks,
I have just been reading some stories from a site...catholiceducation.org...that has an article on halloween. I have just a small excerpt here,
Tricks or treats old style
'Begging at the door 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. Soul cakes, a form of shortbread and sometimes quite fancy, with currants for eyes became more important for the beggars than prayers for the dead, it is said.
Florence Berger tells in her Cooking for Christ a legend of a zealous cook who vowed she would invent soul cakes to remind them of eternity at every bite. So she cut a hole in the middle and dropped it in hot fat, and lo a doughnut. Circle that it is, it suggests the never-ending of eternity. Truth or legend, it serves a good purpose at Halloween.'
I love it! I love doughnuts! now I shall think of eternity every time I eat one; come to think of it...my favourite sugary doughnuts, all nice and round with a hole in the middle are heavenly!
Praise the Lord! Halloween will never be the same again!