Barmbrack, also called bairin (loaf) breac (speckled) is an Irish fruit bread traditionally baked for Halloween, similar to the Welsh bara brith. In many recipes, the dried fruit was soaked overnight in cold tea or whiskey. It was often baked with trinkets or charms to foretell the future for the next year: a pea meant no marriage; a stick meant relationship disputes; a piece of cloth meant bad luck; a bean meant poverty; a coin meant riches and good fortune; and a ring meant marriage.