Glowes evening
Glowesabend or Glowesowend is the name for St. Nicholas Eve in the Kassel area .
As Glowes (plural Glöwesse ), formerly also Klowes (dialect form of Klaus ), one describes the children disguised as Nikolaus or otherwise , who say sayings at the front doors and in small shops on December 6th after dark at the front doors and in small shops to offer sweets attain ( Heischebrauch ) . In the region south around Kassel, the spelling also changes to Klobes or Clobes .
Sayings:
- I'm a little king, don't
give me too little.
If you wish you a long life,
you have to give something nice.
- I'm a little frog,
give me a penny.
Give a piece of bacon and
I'll bump away.
- I'm little Erika,
I'm from America.
I come from Bonn
and want something honn.
- Hands up
and no antics.
Ass on the wall
and here midde cookies.
- I'm little Nick,
I wish you good luck,
I wish you a long life,
you can give me a thaler too.
- I name the little fat one,
I win a lot of money,
I win a long lap, I have to gawk something
too.
In the North Hessian dialects the word Glowes or Gloweskopp is also used as a swear word for someone who is not to be taken seriously.
Web links
See also
- Sunnerklauslauf , Bremen area
- Nikolaus von Myra: Customs , an overview of the folklore of St. Nicholas and his companions