Nine things
The Neunerlei is an old Christmas custom that is cultivated on Christmas Eve in the Ore Mountains and partly in Vogtland and Egerland . The core of the Neunerlei (dialect: Neinerlaa ) is a Christmas meal consisting of nine dishes (or their components), which can vary widely.
The nine things are sung about in the original Heilig-Obnd song as early as 1799 (“M'r ham aah Neinerlaa cooked, aah Worscht un sauerkraut ...”). Max Schreyer wrote the verse from 1896, “I have a bowl of sauerkraut and celery isolate. De Klaane doesn’t like to eat de Klass, she’s got Smoke Mad. ”Attributed.
example
An example of such a meal would be bratwurst with boiled potato dumplings , sauerkraut and melted butter . For dessert there is celery , then a lentil soup and finally blueberry compote . Bread and salt are always ready on the table.
The individual courses and ingredients of the menu each have a specific meaning:
- Bratwurst stands for the preservation of warmth and strength ("doß m'r resinousness and strength inhabited"),
- Sauerkraut means that life doesn't get sour ("so that ens Labn doesn't get sour "),
- Lenses ensure that you don't run out of change ("doß ens klaane Gald net poured out"),
- Dumplings , carp and herring ensure that the big money does not run out ("don't eat it to greet Gald pale"),
- Goose , roast pork and cowhare ensure that happiness stays true to you ("doß ens Gelick trei blebt"),
- Compote stands for the fact that one can enjoy life ("doß m'r 's whole laabn free kah"),
- Bread milk means that you don't get sick ("doß en de Nos net troops in neie Gahr" or buttermilk , "doß mr ka Koppwiting (headache) has / crawls"),
- Nuts or almonds mean that everyday life will be going well in the next year (“doß dr Labnswogn well oiled dorchs neie Gahr”) and
- Finally, mushrooms or beets are said to bring joy, happiness and health (“Freid un Gelick un rute baking”) or good growth for the grain .
The nine things are accompanied on Christmas Eve by numerous other customs such as Christmas Eve light in the enlightened light, straw under the tablecloth, change under the plate and additional place settings for the strange (poor) guest . The leftovers of the Neunerleis are eaten the next day. It is not recommended to get up during the meal (“otherwise you will be robbed” or “otherwise the hens will misplace your eggs”). It is also common practice for salt and bread to be wrapped in the tablecloth and left there overnight.
See also
literature
- Moritz Spieß : Superstitions, manners and customs of the Saxon Upper Ore Mountains . A contribution to the knowledge of popular belief and popular life in the Kingdom of Saxony. Kgl. Hofbuchhandlung H. Burdach, Dresden 1862, p. 7–24 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Gotthard B. Schicker : Gutguschn . The cookbook from the Ore Mountains. 4th amended edition. Erzgebirgsrundschau, Annaberg-Buchholz 2005, ISBN 3-929572-02-8 , Vum Neinerlaa, p. 100–104 ( = Vum Neinerlaa. From the legendary Christmas Eve meal in the Christmas land in: Annaberger Wochenblatt , December 2012 [accessed on January 28, 2018]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gotthard B. Schicker: Vum Neinerlaa - Vom Neunerlei. www.annaberger.info, December 2012, accessed on January 28, 2018 .