LL-L "Festivities" 2002.10.01 (07) [E]

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From: Dawn Work MaKinne <dawnework at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Festivities" 2002.10.01 (05) [D/E]

Dear Lowland-Experts,

"Somewhere" in my files I think I have a reference to St-Martin Day having
also a focus on the folkloric-figure/goddess Holla (Holle). I collect Holla
references, and I have many of course relating to the Yule season December
and January, but only found one reference to Holla festivities around
November 11. Has anyone else heard of such a thing?

Dawn in Des Moines, Iowa

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From: Thomas Byro thbyro at earthlink.net
Subject: LL-L "Festivities" 2002.10.01 (05) [D/E]

I didn't know that Westphalia is mostly Catholic.  I came from that portion
that is like a peninsula stuck deep within Niedersachsen and the area was
overwhelmingly Evangelish-Lutherisch.  However, this does not mean that we
saw the people of Niedersachsen as like us.  I remember as a child, gaping
at a woman who had moved to our area from Niedersachsen, like she was a
martian.  We even had a saying (which I remember in Hochdeutsch) "Sachsen,
wo die Maedel an die Baueme wachsen".

Tom

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