Böögg

The Böögg [ bø: k ] is a masked person well-known in German-speaking Swiss customs, who begs at Carnival and similar occasions, scares the young and drives all sorts of mischief on the streets. In addition, Böögg is the name of a doll that - usually on carnival fires - is burned.

Figures called Böögg , which are burned, can be found at Sechseläuten in Zurich and usually as a carnival end in Winterthur , Grüningen (Bööggjogg, Böögghans), Biel , Grenchen , Solothurn , Laufenburg and Amsteg . A similar carnival figure is the Füdli citizen, who is set on fire in the city of Baden at the beginning of the carnival. In Poschiavo and Misox , a snowman named popòcc da marz is burned on Chalandamarz .

The origin of the word Böögg is uncertain. The same word also means dried out nasal secretion (booger) in Alemannic . There is a similar duality in English: bogey "booger" and bogey (man) "monster".

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Schweizerisches Idiotikon , Vol. IV Sp. 1082-1084, Article Bȫgg I ( digitized version , accessed on January 7, 2017).

Christoph Landolt : The Sechseläutenböögg and other Bööggen . In: Wortgeschichte from April 29, 2014, ed. by the editors of the Swiss Idiotikon (accessed on January 7, 2017).

Atlas of Swiss Folklore , Volume II, Map 189; Commentary Volume II, pp. 214-217.

Vocabolario dei dialetti della Svizzera italiana , Volume III, pages 236-238, article Calendamarz .

The living traditions of Switzerland: In: Solothurner Fasnacht (PDF) (accessed on January 7, 2017).

The living traditions of Switzerland: Chalandamarz (PDF) (accessed on January 7, 2017).

Remarks

↑ See Schweizerisches Idiotikon, Volume IV, Col. 1082 f., Meaning 1a, where arches from 1417 are documented.

↑ On customs see Atlas zur Schweizerischen Volkskunde, Commentary Volume II, pp. 214–217.

↑ For the spread of the burning of dolls in Switzerland see Atlas of Swiss Folklore, Map 189.

↑ For more on the origin of the word see Christoph Landolt: Der Sechseläutenböögg and other Bööggen . In: Wortgeschichte from April 29, 2014, ed. from the editors of the Swiss Idiotikon.

[1] See Schweizerisches Idiotikon, Volume IV, Col. 1082 f., Meaning 1a, where arches from 1417 are documented.

[2] On customs see Atlas zur Schweizerischen Volkskunde, Commentary Volume II, pp. 214–217.

[3] For the spread of the burning of dolls in Switzerland see Atlas of Swiss Folklore, Map 189.

[4] For more on the origin of the word see Christoph Landolt: Der Sechseläutenböögg and other Bööggen . In: Wortgeschichte from April 29, 2014, ed. from the editors of the Swiss Idiotikon.