“On All Saints Day, the poor people go
from parish to parish a Souling,
as they call it.”
—John Brand, Popular Antiquities of Great Britain (1779)
"This day's experience, set in order, none of it left ragged or lying about, all of it gathered in like treasure and finished with, set aside." –Alice Munro, "What is Remembered"
“On All Saints Day, the poor people go
from parish to parish a Souling,
as they call it.”
—John Brand, Popular Antiquities of Great Britain (1779)