Mettensau
As Mettensau or Weihnachter a slaughtered pig on was in the rural tradition refers to the particularly nutritious fattened during the festive season, Thomas Day (December 21) and slaughtered after the midnight mass on December 24 as the roast pork was eaten.
description
The Advent originally represented in the Catholic Church after Martin goose on 11 November to 24 December strict Lent with the contained meat ban. Even on Christmas Eve was therefore only fish allowed. From this the tradition of Christmas carp developed . The roast pork, either directly after attending Christmas mass or on the following Christmas Day, represented a feast for the faithful after weeks of fasting during the church year .
Media reception
The Munich author and tower scribe Gerhard Loew wrote a play entitled Da Christmas . In this comedy , written in Bavarian dialect, the events on the traditional day of the house slaughter of the Mettensau are presented. On the feast day of St. Thomas (December 21), the potential heirs are to support the farmer in the work related to the slaughter of the pig.
literature
- Georg Lohmeier , Mettensau or why the old people weren't bored with the holidays in the past , December 26, 1979, Sunday broadcast by Bavarian Radio
swell
- ↑ The play The Christmas
- ↑ Traditional food in the Christmas season ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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