Chaff spreading
When Häckselstreuen respectively Säg'spänstreuen is a form of Rügegerichts in rural areas of Germany.
occasion
The aim was to mock a woman who had already entered the marriage deflowered . For this purpose, chaff was scattered on the path from the wedding house to the church and in front of the bridal bed. The custom is used in Theodor Fontane's novel Before the Storm and in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust. A tragedy. mentioned.
Sawdust or sawdust was strewn under the window, in front of or in the bed of an adulterous man . In Elard Hugo Meyer's book Deutsche Volkskunde it says: " To an unfaithful girl, especially if she has several lovers ..... [the boys] scatter chaff and sawdust from their door to that of their current lover or love. "