All Hollands Day—Hampshire name for All Saints’ Day. The day was celebrated with plum CAKES called “All Holland cakes” or “All Hallan cakes.” A 1902 account notes the proper name for the round cakes is “Hallow buns,” and adds that they are called “Holland cakes” at Petersfield.
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