Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-03-29
Caster Customs
Of @anp 1anos
Quaint Practices Found Wherever
the Day Is Observed

9H toms are in vogue at the Eas-
NV ter season in many lands.
Many C these customs date back to
centuries ago, and the legends of their
origination are almost obscured in an
tiquity Such, for example, is the
practice of lifting" from which our
present nursery game of making a
chair" by two children clasping hands
for third to sit upon was derived.
This was an old Easter custom in
which two persons lifted third three
times.
IT anyone refused to be lifted, he or
she must pay a slight forfeit, forfeits
being applied to buy refreshments
after the village games. A kindred
custom was that which prevailed in
the Yorkshire villages, of taking the
buckles from each others shoes and
demanding forfeit for their return.
the earnings being applied to the same
end as those obtained in the lifting.
In Hungary, when Easter Sunday
comes everything is gladness
Wreaths of green leaves are hung III
the windows, and the young girls O!
the towns and villages, all dressed il,
white, walk in procession to the
church, carrying branches of the bud
ding spring leaves 1t is a very pretty
sight. After the young girls the olde,
people walk in procession. The cler
gy, in their robes, and acolytes, car
rying a large gilded cross, walk a,
the head of the procession to the
church. There the people lay offerings
of money at the feet of the holy image
Easter Monday is the favorite wei~
ding day among the Hungarians, as
it is thought that marriages made on
that day are sure to be fortunate, so
the priests are kept very busy
The custom called "wat ering" OF
Easter Monday is extremely odd, anG
people who have travelled and studied
much say that it is not to be found
in any other country save Hungary
AAe men take water in bottles and
pitchers and throw it over the girl.
; they meet in the street, whom they
know, CT call at their houses anG
throw it on The person who opens the
door, if it is a woman. The funny
part is that the more drenched the vic.
tins are the better they like it, as they
think it brings them good fortune for
the year. Every body used to do this,
but now the fashionable young men
take spraying bottles Of perfume OF
! Tuesday the young women retaliate,
and the men often find themselves
drenched, most unexI ectedly, from a
window or door or as they pass
drinking place in the street.
! Instille0 by nursery lore and very
ancient is the belief of German chill
dren that on Easter eve a snow-wnite
hare visits every household where the
the little folks have been good, ODE
dent, truthful and kind to each 9th
err since the previous Easter. Timil
after the nature of it's kind, it waits
until everybody is asleep and. then
soft-footed it brings and secretes in
odd out-of-theway places any num-
Der of lovely wonderful colored eggs
that the children may find and enjoy
on Easter morning.
Many familiar pictures of scenes IN
the Tyrol are the representation of the
Easter custom. The, men 60 about in
their picturesque costumes, their, broad
brimmed hats trimmed with fresh
/ flowers, and sing the Easter hymns
to the accompaniment of Their guitars.
The people come out to the doors st
their houses and join IN the choruses.
and treat the singers with hospitality,
giving them eggs and wine. All day
they continue their ceremony, and
when the night comes on children
accompany them, bearing lighte /
torches. #ss
In ancient days 1t was practice
among the preachers to introduce
facetious stories into their sermons Oh
Easter, to set the example Of the dis
persing OF the gloom Of the Leutes.
season.