_Souling_ (Vol. iv., p. 381.).--The custom of "souling", described by
MR. W. FRASER, is carried on with great zeal and energy in this
neighbourhood on All Souls' Day. The song which the children sing is
exactly the same as MR. FRASER gives, with the exception of the second
verse. In the evening, grown persons go round singing and collecting
contributions from house to house. It is universally believed in this
neighbourhood to be a remnant of the old custom of begging money, to be
applied to the purpose of procuring masses for the souls of the dead.