Decorated well

traditions and customs

At New Year's Eve, people affixed small pine trees (krispan) to the wells, decorated with colorful ribbons to provide good and fresh water throughout the year. This was the custom in the villages of Goričko too. As the housewife in Felsőszölnök/Gornji Senik put the decorated pine tree on the well of the house, she said:
»Če si remen, te te zemen, če si brdan, te te njan.«

Information on digitization

Name of site: Gornji Senik/Felsőszölnök
Written sources: Marija Kozar, Etnološki slovar Slovencev na Madžarskem, Monošter/Szombathely, 1996, str. 175.
File name: PMMS_037_D_0001
Resolution: 300 dpi
Restrictions on use: Brez omejitev
Date of documentation: 2019-12-05
Person documenting: Tadeja Andrejek

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