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ORIGINALLY, IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE, IMPOVERISHED PEOPLE AND THEIR CHILDREN WOULD GO DOOR TO DOOR ON HALLOWMAS OR ALL SAINT’S DAY, ASKING FOR FOOD AND SOUL CAKES IN RETURN FOR SINGING SONGS AND SAYING PRAYERS TO THE DECEASED ON ALL SOULS DAY. THE EATING OF THE SOUL CAKE WOULD REPRESENT A SOUL FREED FROM PURGATORY.

THE ORIGINAL COSTUMES WERE REPRESENTATIONS OF EVIL SPIRITS AND SOMETIMES THE DECEASED PEOPLE THEY WERE HONORING. IT EVENTUALLY EVOLVED INTO RANDOM POP CULTURE REFERENCES, SLUTTY NURSES AND OTHER SLUTTY OCCUPATIONS WE SEE AS COSTUMES TODAY.

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