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06.12.2010 - Interpretation by dali48
Do you know Nicholas?
Who was he? - Where did he live? - What did he want? - Test your knowledge about the sacred and around the pre-Christmas custom.
Result: You answered 9 out of 10 questions correctly:
1 What does the name Nicholas mean? - Helper of the people - victor of the people
2 What city is Nicholas from? - Myra
3 And what is the name of this city today? - Demre
4 What was Nicholas by profession? - Bishop
5 The parents of Nicholas were... - very rich.
6 On St. Nicholas' Day children often ... - put their boots in front of the door.
7 According to legend, Bishop Nicholas helped... - poor people.
8 In which countries is Nicholas worshiped as a national holy? - Russia, Serbia, Italy
9 What do get children traditionally as a gift to Nicholas? - Apple, nuts, tangerines
10 In which country is the 6.12. today still a holy day? - Spain etc... (Quizz, web.de)
Rules of farmers are:
"If rain falls on Nicholas - the winter will be severe, a horror.
Dry St. Nicholas - mild winter around the house."
"If at Nicholas still flows the birch juice - then winter will not get any strength."
"St. Nicholas - flushes out the shores."
Interpretation by dali48
In Germany, Nikolaus is usually celebrated on a small scale. Many children put a boot called Nikolaus-Stiefel (Nicholas boot) outside the front door on the night of 5 December - St. Nicholas fills the boot with gifts and sweets overnight, and at the same time checks up on the children to see if they were good, polite and helpful the last year - If they were not, they will have a tree branch (Rute) in their boots instead - Sometimes a disguised Nicholas also visits the children at school or in their homes and asks them if they have been good (sometimes ostensibly checking his golden book for their record), handing out presents on a per-behavior basis - This has become more lenient in recent decades... - But for some children, Nicholas also elicited fear, as he was often accompanied by Servant Ruprecht - who would threaten to beat the children for misbehavior as using this myth to 'bring up cheek children' for a better, good behavior - Any kind of punishment isn't really following and just an antic legend - Servant Ruprecht furthermore was equipped with eight deer legs. In Switzerland, where he is called Schmutzli, he would threaten to put bad children in a sack and take them back to the dark forest - In other accounts he would throw the sack into the river, drowning the naughty children - These traditions were implemented more rigidly in Catholic countries - and regions such as Austria or Bavaria... (Wikipedia)
In Germany, Nikolaus is usually celebrated on a small scale. Many children put a boot called Nikolaus-Stiefel (Nicholas boot) outside the front door on the night of 5 December - St. Nicholas fills the boot with gifts and sweets overnight, and at the same time checks up on the children to see if they were good, polite and helpful the last year - If they were not, they will have a tree branch (Rute) in their boots instead - Sometimes a disguised Nicholas also visits the children at school or in their homes and asks them if they have been good (sometimes ostensibly checking his golden book for their record), handing out presents on a per-behavior basis - This has become more lenient in recent decades... - But for some children, Nicholas also elicited fear, as he was often accompanied by Servant Ruprecht - who would threaten to beat the children for misbehavior as using this myth to 'bring up cheek children' for a better, good behavior - Any kind of punishment isn't really following and just an antic legend - Servant Ruprecht furthermore was equipped with eight deer legs. In Switzerland, where he is called Schmutzli, he would threaten to put bad children in a sack and take them back to the dark forest - In other accounts he would throw the sack into the river, drowning the naughty children - These traditions were implemented more rigidly in Catholic countries - and regions such as Austria or Bavaria... (Wikipedia)
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