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Easter well

The east hereditary run EN custom is “a superstition”, its roots into the early Middle Ages decrease/go back. After a document from the year 1322 comes out, that the Frankish property gentleman Mahkorn in a decree demanded, that the wells and sources at Easter to be green decorated should, because the new year comes. Since clean drinking water was at that time a precious and scarce property, this custom probably developed, with that the well and sources decorate, To say owing to. Despite contradictory theories, where exactly this custom developed, is that decorate the Easter well in Frankish Switzerland more popularly ever and the well decoration becomes ever more complex, since the individual places around the most beautiful well compete.

All wells adorning the following decorative fixtures:
Fresh green
The “wells - neat” wind festoons from spruce tree, Buchs trees or branches of fir, artful to crowns or elbows to be then up-bound. In some places also small is set up spruce to tress or fir tress or young Birken.
Eggs
Dominant factor the decorative fixture at all Easter well are the eggs. Innumerable working hours over the winter months, are behind the artful painted and decorated works of art. 200 to 4000 eggs at some wells was already counted.

Flowers
As a sign and as symbol for spring you belong to the joy to each Easter well. On the issued eggs, appear a great many motives for flower.
Coloured tapes / Pensala
Coloured paper volumes are bundled to tufts, then look like large brushes. From this the name is derived “Pensala” (small pin moose). One speculates the blowing volumes bad spirit to drive out is.



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