Soul Cake Definition
Origin of Soul Cake
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Probably from Middle English SOUL CAKE souel , souvel , suvel (“food eaten with bread; food in general"), from Old English SOUL CAKE sufel , sufol (“anything (especially relish) eaten with bread; sowl") , from Proto-Germanic SOUL CAKE Reconstruction& (“entremets, viands"), from Proto-Indo-European SOUL CAKE Reconstruction& , Reconstruction& (“juice; moisture; rain") . + cake . The practice of begging for a soul cake is related to begging for condiments (sowl or soul ) from wealthy neighbours, with a Christian re-interpretation.
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