English Translation

In the Swabian, for example, it is still the custom to re-brand the eternal light at Easter in the Swedish church, so that from the fountain or creek one can consecrate the unsuspecting and the candles. The Bavarian and Franconian farmers strongly sprinkled on the surrounding people. It also happened that on Easter Sunday evening one no longer lit up any light and therefore go early to bed, because now the great light, the sun, caught each other, in order to then again determine the day and work in the stream or the village pond.. After that the boys had to give their girls a kiss in this wet elevator. The awakening of nature is celebrated, and wherever Germanic people in the Sperrgau are used to reading a foolish document, this awakening shapes multi-figured and colourfully happy to make the following move across the fields: blessing customs. In all Easter customs, therefore, on the background of the hot joy over the past heavy winter- Two horsemen draw a brightly decorated plough, time for them, the request for fertility and prosperity for the future. And follows a pea bear, who must dance on the rope and afterwards "shot also all symbols are symbols of fertility, beginning with the will. Behind it the egg-gathering women (which of course up to the Easter rod, with which one lives — especially in the actually men are), wake up a milkman and a lad who sleeps long!) wears sausage rod. Also a pourer is do, which before and after the heresy does drink. Above all, however, come thunder again sol! now here from various boys or girls the singers with their bird masks, the seed sellers, Pritscher, as much as possible self-experienced customs in their own words described the school boys "bengeln", and the blacks who become all the men. The customs described below are only to paint the Malcrouz, the turning sign, on the forehead. They carry and complement.) colorfully glued skirts and equally burt-hugged threemasters. Much more handsome however looks the "runner who goes before the train Some boys — girls — describe in their own words: and a gilded box decorated with flowers and ribbons - beautiful is the egg running in the Eifel. There you can wear cm second Easter tree crown. With his large, beautifully wound péitsche days large and small people can see moving to Moselstraße. There he whisks the corridors again winter-free. In the cart, which is once again closed off a distance of about 70 meters long. On the earth horsemen pull, the "light is measured" and the future is seen small saw heaps, in which each egg is placed, pointed on one. But he who looks in, closes his eyes again, straight line arranged at a distance of 1 meter each. It now lies out because flour dust flies against him, because man should not out 60 magpies at 60 heaps. Around these 60 eggs the fight burns. stir the secrets, which he cannot fathom after all. Two boys in a gym suit crisscross the starting command. One has to run a distance of 5 kilometers. During this time we have to sing: the other one one egg after the other in a raised basket of earth creates the new ... ("Our Songbook", page 62.). The spectators, who can watch the runner and the egg bearer, encourage the fighters by waving and shouting. He who speaks the home evening leader: now first he has fulfilled his task; is the winner. He receives two thirds of the egg, the defeated one third. The victor is decorated with the climax of all spring celebrations are the Easter days. Our flowers and ribbons. A cheerful parade, to which all Easter has joined, like Christmas, its clten Germanic name, leads the fighters with music through the village, keeping, which even further goes back to Indo-Germanic delivery. He hangs together with the east, where the sun to the Spreewald lives this custom, only that an old witch does time of the spring-day-and-night equinox rises. That the Easter egg collector always disturbs in the work, if he needs the collected eggs originally connected with the old New Moon festival, says to bring to the basket, which stands at the other end of the row. The fact that Easter Sunday is initiated by But two Hanswursts expel cls cheerful helpers the annoying a fire in the night of Saturday cuf Sunday. This custom winter witch, which after the end of the fight between runners has its origin in the old German "emergency" fire - which and collector is sentenced to death. All her attempts to interfere with Fatefire, which under Bonifatius was still frowned upon as pagan and was read to her by a long list until the devil was forbidden. the dark, hostile winter, it on a dung cart Easter is the feast of the victory of life, which decides the fight, which takes away so, while the village community for a happy feast in the heftia and great still for fasting. The fasting was after all only inn to eat eggcakes. a harbinger of the Easter feast. The light is born again, it awakens fever and growth everywhere. As once our ancestors at the Re-In Pomerania another competition of the boys has been won: coming of the sun the Easter fires ignite, so also the catho- da s tons ride. On the village road two high posts 3 737 736