This section is from "The American Cyclopaedia", by George Ripley And Charles A. Dana. Also available from Amazon: The New American Cyclopędia. 16 volumes complete..
Allsouls, the day after All Saints, set apart by the Catholic church for the commemoration of all the faithful departed, for whom the mass of requiem is said, and the office of the dead recited. In Germany, the people, both Catholic and Protestant, visit the graveyards on this day, and strew flowers on the graves of their friends.
 
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