Tatra highlander folk culture in Poland and America: : collected essays from "The Tatra Eagle."

• Autores: John M. Grondelski
• Localización: The Journal of American Folklore, ISSN-e 1535-1882, Vol. 127, Nº. 503, 2014, págs. 113-114
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Polish highlanders share many holiday customs in common with other Poles, such as the com- mon christmas eve dinner (Wigilia), during which the family shares the christmas wafer, or op?atek, the legend about farm animals hav- ing the ability to speak on that night. he also examines other christmas customs that are unique to the highlands, including the custom of washing in a bowl filled with precious coins after the wigilia supper, with its accompany- ing belief that participants would become as strong and durable as those coins.