For my Pooka
Time to celebrate!
Easter Monday
Houdini Day
St. Gabriel Feast Day
Smigus Dyngus/Dyngus Day/Wet Monday
White House Easter Egg Roll
Family Day (South Africa)
Independence Day (Philippines)
Ok, I think we can all get Easter Monday. Another holiday about Easter. Thats cool, we still have candy. I can't find a place about Houdini Day. This tells me two things. If you are going to make up your own holiday about something, they you should at LEAST put up a website. Or perhaps...Houdini Day...disappeared!
The Feast of Saint Gabriel is celebrated on two different days, depending on your religious preferences. Sometimes its in September, other times in March. If it means we can eat, I say we celebrate it twice! Gabriel is one of the seven angels of the apocalypse and is considered the angel who brings God's word.
If I have to explain the White House Easter Egg Roll...you are on the wrong page.
The other two explain themselves. That leaves us to.....
Smigus Dyngus / Dyngus Day / Wet Monday / Easter Monday
After Easter events include egg rolling competitions (ex. White House Easter Egg Roll) and, in many Catholic countries, dousing other people with holy water blessed the day before at Easter Sunday Mass.
In the United States, Dyngus Day celebrations are widespread and popular in Buffalo, New York and South Bend, Indiana. In Buffalo’s eastern suburbs, Dyngus Day is celebrated with a level of enthusiasm that rivals St. Patrick’s Day. Common tradition is to buy pussy willow (Salix discolor) to display in the home; this is tied to the “striking” custom from Poland, where goat willow, the European type of pussy willow, was traditionally used for whipping the legs of girls. In South Bend, the day is often used to launch the year’s political campaign season (particularly among Democrats)- often from within the West-Side Democratic Club, the Falcons Club or in local pubs, where buying drinks is favored over handshaking.
Starting in 2004, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana began celebrating Dyngus Day at the request of South Bend students. The event includes free Polish sausage for students as well as a free concert. This year they will celebrate a “Belated Dyngus Day” the following Monday since Easter Monday falls during a vacation week for students. Wet Monday is also celebrated at Jonathan Edwards College, one of the residential colleges at Yale University, when each year the freshman class storms the college with water weapons, where upperclassmen are ready to defend the college and ensure no one goes home dry.
For Easter Monday in Hungary, perfume or perfumed-water is used. The girls would reward the boys who sprinkle with coins or Easter eggs.*
*source: wikipedia - Easter Monday
Ok....this horrorscope (a special divination for a dear friend) has exhausted me in research. The stars, the vibes, the lay lines, the tea leaves, and the broken pieces of a hollow chocolate bunny's ears have lead me to this extensive offering of guidance for your day.
"Don't disappear today, dear Libra! Declare your independence from those who would tie you down. You may feel like you're in a straight jacket, but with the right moves, you can free yourself. Today could be confusing if you don't watch your step however. Do things right the first time so you don't have to do the same thing twice! Once you get through the morning, the day will roll on smoothly, though it could wobble a bit. Don't let others crack your mood. Tonight is a good night to spend with the family. After the kids go to bed, its a romantic evening for you! Enjoy the evening and smigus the dyngus with your significant other!"
Have a terrific day!!
Easter Monday
Houdini Day
St. Gabriel Feast Day
Smigus Dyngus/Dyngus Day/Wet Monday
White House Easter Egg Roll
Family Day (South Africa)
Independence Day (Philippines)
Ok, I think we can all get Easter Monday. Another holiday about Easter. Thats cool, we still have candy. I can't find a place about Houdini Day. This tells me two things. If you are going to make up your own holiday about something, they you should at LEAST put up a website. Or perhaps...Houdini Day...disappeared!
The Feast of Saint Gabriel is celebrated on two different days, depending on your religious preferences. Sometimes its in September, other times in March. If it means we can eat, I say we celebrate it twice! Gabriel is one of the seven angels of the apocalypse and is considered the angel who brings God's word.
If I have to explain the White House Easter Egg Roll...you are on the wrong page.
The other two explain themselves. That leaves us to.....
Smigus Dyngus / Dyngus Day / Wet Monday / Easter Monday
After Easter events include egg rolling competitions (ex. White House Easter Egg Roll) and, in many Catholic countries, dousing other people with holy water blessed the day before at Easter Sunday Mass.
In the United States, Dyngus Day celebrations are widespread and popular in Buffalo, New York and South Bend, Indiana. In Buffalo’s eastern suburbs, Dyngus Day is celebrated with a level of enthusiasm that rivals St. Patrick’s Day. Common tradition is to buy pussy willow (Salix discolor) to display in the home; this is tied to the “striking” custom from Poland, where goat willow, the European type of pussy willow, was traditionally used for whipping the legs of girls. In South Bend, the day is often used to launch the year’s political campaign season (particularly among Democrats)- often from within the West-Side Democratic Club, the Falcons Club or in local pubs, where buying drinks is favored over handshaking.
Starting in 2004, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana began celebrating Dyngus Day at the request of South Bend students. The event includes free Polish sausage for students as well as a free concert. This year they will celebrate a “Belated Dyngus Day” the following Monday since Easter Monday falls during a vacation week for students. Wet Monday is also celebrated at Jonathan Edwards College, one of the residential colleges at Yale University, when each year the freshman class storms the college with water weapons, where upperclassmen are ready to defend the college and ensure no one goes home dry.
For Easter Monday in Hungary, perfume or perfumed-water is used. The girls would reward the boys who sprinkle with coins or Easter eggs.*
*source: wikipedia - Easter Monday
Ok....this horrorscope (a special divination for a dear friend) has exhausted me in research. The stars, the vibes, the lay lines, the tea leaves, and the broken pieces of a hollow chocolate bunny's ears have lead me to this extensive offering of guidance for your day.
"Don't disappear today, dear Libra! Declare your independence from those who would tie you down. You may feel like you're in a straight jacket, but with the right moves, you can free yourself. Today could be confusing if you don't watch your step however. Do things right the first time so you don't have to do the same thing twice! Once you get through the morning, the day will roll on smoothly, though it could wobble a bit. Don't let others crack your mood. Tonight is a good night to spend with the family. After the kids go to bed, its a romantic evening for you! Enjoy the evening and smigus the dyngus with your significant other!"
Have a terrific day!!