Knock day

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The knocking day (or knocking day ) is an old custom in southern Germany ( Swabia )

On this day, at the beginning of Advent , children go from house to house, knock on the door and recite a little poem or a saying. They usually ask for sweets, apples, oranges and the like. The day often falls on a Thursday.

The origin of the knocker's day relates to the “ Rorate ” (Catholic morning mass) held in Advent . This mass was already held at 6 a.m. and so that no one could oversleep, people were woken up by a knock on the front door. As a thank you there was a small reward.

Idioms

  • “I knock, I knock on Lada, so that Christ, the Lord, can come soon. Bira, Öpfl, Nuß: Dr Klopfer instead of scho duss! "
or : "I knock, I knock on Lada, what i griag des nem io, epfale, birale, nut, d knocker standad duss."
  • "Holla, Holla, knock out, or I'll punch a hole in the house!"
  • "Holla Holla klopfarsdag. Schittlet apples and biara ra. And a sack full of nussa; klopfar standat dussa. "(Ruderatshofen)
  • “Knocker, knocker, hammer; Baire went into the room; Äpfl, Bira, Nuss, D'Klopfer standat duss. "( Reifertsweiler in the Kammeltal)
  • "I knock, I knock on Lada na, your wife is master and no dr ma. Äpfla, Bira, Nut: D knockers standat duss! "
  • “The knock comes and says that Mr. Chrischtus will be coming soon. And when he comes, there is good health in the house. Holla, holla, knock out: apples, birel, nut; dr Klopfr stat scho duß! "(from Biberberg, district of Pfaffenhofen an der Roth , district of Neu-Ulm , Bavaria)
  • "Now come d 'Glopfr and say that Christ the Lord will soon come - and when he comes, there is good health in the house, hollat, hollat ​​Glopfr out." (From Unterwiesenbach, district of Wiesenbach (Swabia) , district of Günzburg , Bavaria)
  • "Now come with deam Hemerle and glopfat to des Kemerle, all children like to eat apples, nuts and almonds." (From Unterwiesenbach, district of Wiesenbach (Swabia) , district of Günzburg, Bavaria)
  • "3 Rosa am Stängele, Beire isch a Engele, so let it be denka to us and give us a gift." (From Unterwiesenbach, district of Wiesenbach (Swabia) , district of Günzburg , Bavaria)
  • "Klopfa, klopfa Hämmerle, 's bread des leit em Kämmerle,' s knife leit daneba, willsch mr 'ebbes geba?" (From Altheim (Alb) , district of Ulm )

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  1. ↑ Brief description of the Knocker's Day in Deffingen 2006 ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Description of the knockers' day in Pfaffenhofen and other customs ( memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.markt-pfaffenhofen.de
  3. ↑ Translation into Standard German ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

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