Klepper (instrument)
The Klepper (also Klapper , Alsatian and Swiss Rafele or Raschpel ) is a wooden noise- making instrument in which little hammers, which are mounted on a rod above a plate, hit the plate when the instrument is swung back and forth by the handle. The indirectly struck idiophone is used in some places in Austria ( Thalgau ) and Franconian Switzerland as well as in East Belgium , the Eifel ( Aldringen ), parts of Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Westphalia . So-called ratchets and rasps are often used.
During Holy Week from Maundy Thursday to Holy Saturday, children and young people usually use the nappies instead of the church bells, because according to tradition they fly to Rome for confession. This custom in Holy Week is called ratcheting , rattling, rustling, clapping or (especially in Franconian) slithering .
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- ↑ Beate von Sobbe: Great-grandmother's hearty and fine specialties from the Paderborn region - research on eating habits and customs of the past centuries , Salzkotten 1983, p. 135.