1) Death custom 
Arvals, Arvels or Arthels (Old Norse Arfr, `inheritance`, and öl, Old English `Ale`, a banquet), primarily the funeral dinner, and later, especially in the north of England, a thin, light, sweet cake, spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg, served to the poor at such feasts. The funeral meal was called the Arvel-dinner. The custom seems to have been...