"According to folklore, the dead visit them during such times, so it is customary in many places to lay the table for them as well, put bread, salt, and water on the table. The Hungarians of Bukovina also bake and cook for the dead and take the food to the cemetery and distribute it. They light as many candles at home as many dead the family has. In the villages along the river Ipoly, those who cannot go to the cemetery light candles at home on All Saints Day. They used to observe whose candle burnt out first, because it was believed that they would be the first to die in the family.
Excerpt from : HUNGARY TODAY - ALL SOULS FOLKLORE More regional folklore here and gorgeous photos...
Just a note that I have always thought that the term All Souls Day and the term All Saints Day indicated the same holiday but I was wrong, All Souls is for the ancestors but All Saints is for the saints we know about and the saints we do not know about. In Catholicism it is understood that many a saintly person lived in obscurity. However, prayer to help those who have not yet gone to heaven to be with God can be said especially on these days, or truly any time. These souls are able to be released to heaven, and are not suffering eternally for the evil deeds they did when alive.
