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Learn at your own pace, with an explanation after every answer. No score, no leaderboard – and not preparation for a citizenship test: just to know the country and your neighbours a little better.

Culture & life

Which sweet fruit loaf is traditionally eaten at Halloween in Ireland, sometimes with a ring baked inside?

  • A Soda bread
  • B Christmas stollen
  • C Simnel cake
  • ✓ Barmbrack Your answer

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Barmbrack (or 'brack') is a yeast or tea-soaked fruit loaf linked to Halloween, which has its roots in the Irish festival of Samhain. Objects such as a ring were baked in for fortune-telling games.

Source: National Museum of Ireland / Irish Folklore Collection

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