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Soul The Moslems fancy that it is necessary, when a man is bow-strung, to relax the rope a little before
death occurs to let the soul escape. The Greeks and Romans seemed to think that the soul made its
escape with life out of the death-wound. Vital spark of heavenly flame,Soul, in Egyptian hieroglyphics, is represented by several emblems, as a basket of fire, a heron, a hawk with a human face, and a ram. Soul Cakes Cakes given in Staffordshire and Cheshire on All Souls' Day, to the poor who go a-souling,
i.e. begging for soul-cakes. The words used are- Soul, soul, for soul-cake |
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