Bundle day
The Bündelstag (also: Bündelchestag on Hunsrückisch : Bindelschesdaach ) was in the late Middle Ages, the day of the servants change . At the Christmas holidays who received maids and servants received their annual salary. Those who were not looked after by their employer over the winter had to bundle their miserable belongings in a piece of cloth on Boxing Day, less often on December 27 or 28, because they could not afford scarves. Alternatively, they put their stuff in a wicker basket and started looking for new employment. Since the time of year is not particularly suitable for longer hikes, these usually ended very quickly in a nearby inn.
In the northern Palatinate , in the Nahe valley and in parts of the Hunsrück , hikes are still traditionally held on Bundestag day. Followed by a picnic around the campfire or a stop in a pub with a simple and hearty meal. The Bündelchestag applies there on December 27 as the third Christmas Day and is often widely celebrated after the hike in friendly company.
According to the descriptions of the Womrath pastors around 1880–1900, there are “schnapps feasts [...] and other amusements” on this occasion.
literature
- Ernst Christmann: About the “Wandering” or “Bundle Day” in the Palatinate . Palatinate Press, Speyer, 1930
- Albert Becker: The “Makolwes” is already an old lad: between St. Nicholas, St. Stephen's, “Bundlechestag” and Christmas . Rheinpfalz, Zweibrücken, 1949.
- Roland Paul : hiking day, bundle day and anniversary . In: Jürgen Keddigkeit (Hrsg.): Festivals and festivals in the Palatinate (= contributions to the Palatinate folklore 5). Institute for Palatinate History and Folklore, Kaiserslautern, 1992, ISBN 3-927754-03-X , pp. 249-256.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Hotte Schneider: Womrath - A village in the Hunsrück . Ortgemeinde Womrath, 1999, ISBN 3-00-004779-4 , p. 162.