Nowadays, a barmbrack can be bought in the supermarket but doesn't usually contain all of the above-listed items -- many cakes only contain a ring. From Wordnik.com. [Halloween's Celtic Roots] Reference
Another food associated with this festival is fruitcake or bairin breac (barmbrack) which had items in it that were used for foretelling the future -- a pea (or rag) meant poverty, a bean meant wealth, a religious medal meant the finder may enter a convent or seminary, a ring meant marriage, and a stick meant that the person who received this in their slice of cake would be beaten by the marriage partner. From Wordnik.com. [Halloween's Celtic Roots] Reference
Maria superintended the distribution of the barmbrack and saw that every woman got her four slices. From Wordnik.com. [Dubliners] Reference
Ancestral town of Moneygall, Co Offaly (pop: 298) has come up with a celebratory barmbrack. From Wordnik.com. [techno-culture] Reference
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