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Local youngsters carry on tradition that began in Middle Ages

Local youngsters carry on tradition that began in Middle Ages

| October 3, 2013 | 0 Comments

According to Wikipedia, the practice of dressing up in costumes and begging door to door for treats on holidays dates back to the Middle Ages. Trick-or-treating resembles the late medieval practice of souling, when poor folk would go door to door on Hallowmas (Nov. 1), receiving food in return for prayers for the dead on […]

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