Friday, October 31, 2003
Okay - something for the second - All Souls Day, if you want to uphold the old traditions. Leave out a soul-cake for the spirits. Of course, tonite, the beggars and children would have been out asking for some...but it never hurt to forget the others.They might be hungry too.
Makes 24
Butter - 175g (6 oz), softened
Caster sugar - 175g (6 oz)
Egg yolks - 3
Plain flour - 450g (1 lb)
Salt - pinch
Ground mixed spice - 1 tsp, or ground allspice
Currants - 75g (3 oz)
Warm milk - a little
METHOD
Set the oven to 180 ºC / 350 ºF / Gas 4.
Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until fluffy, then beat in the egg yolks. Sift together the flour, salt and spice and fold into the egg mixture with the currants, adding sufficient milk to form a soft dough.
Divide into pieces and form into flat cakes, marking each with a cross. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden.
Recipe from Helen's British Cooking Site - Soul-Cakes
SOULING SONG
Hey Ho, nobody home!
No meat, nor bread, nor money have I got,
Yet shall we be merry,
Hey ho, nobody home!
Chorus:
A soul, a soul, a soul cake
Please, good missus, a soul cake
An apple, a pear, a plum and a cherry
Any good thing to make us all merry
One for Peter, two for Paul
Three for Him who made us all
God Bless the master of this house, the mistress also
And all the little children, that around your table grow
The cattle in your stable, the dog at your front door
And all that dwells within your gates, we wish you ten times more
Chorus
The lanes are very dirty, my shoes are very thin
I've got a little pocket to put a penny in
If you haven't got a penny, a ha' penny will do
If you haven't got a ha' penny, then God bless you
Chorus
Go down into your cellar, and see what you can find
If your barrels are not empty, I hope you will be kind
Indeed, I hope you will be kind, with your apples and your beer
And I will come and sing no more, ‘til this time next year
.:.Uniquely maladjusted... But fun.:. 11:09 PM
BTW - For Hope since she asked.
All Hallow’s Eve; Halloween Feast of Christ the King - Catholic.
Mischief Night - Not really sure, but it sounds like fun.
Samhain; Samhuin; Hallowmas - Gaelic/Celtic
Hallowtide begins - Greek. It was a five day celebration for Kore/Persephone 'eloped' with Plouton to Elysium for the winter. Please tell me you're all at least a little familiar with the Greek/Roman myth of winter. Please.
Feast of Sekhmet and Bast - Egyptian. Basically the forerunner to Halloween.
Reformation Day - Protestant. When Martin Luther posted his Theses on the door of a (the?) church in Wittenberg Germany.
Oh, yeah. And -
Oct 31st, 1864 - The Death and Rebirth of Count Albrecht Magistus. He was a vampire and an opponent of Dracula. Or that's what I heard. I wasn't there.
{Collected from the 'net. And books.}
.:.Uniquely maladjusted... But fun.:. 10:55 PM
Well! What a productive night. ^^V
Got tons of candy - even with a hyper kid stealing mine right from my bag/pumpkin/thing. Had fun for the most part, though it was rather frightening when Becca said I'd be a good mother one day. >< Gah.
I was woefully unoriginal - or...traditional,. Yeah. Traditional!
I wore my "Faire Costume". Well Okay. The bodice and skirts and socks from the Muskogee Faire and one of the chimeses {Spelled Wrong} from a few years back. It all fit together well - Black, Burgundy and green. I need to start working on the patterns soon.
I was pretty. And my skirts swoosh very nicely.
Okay. Still on the candy.
~^
.:.Uniquely maladjusted... But fun.:. 10:48 PM
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
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Funny stuff.
.:.Uniquely maladjusted... But fun.:. 12:51 AM
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