Righteous strangers
Two different shafts (associations) of journeymen on the roller are called the righteous strangers . These are the company of righteous foreign carpenters and slateers and the company of righteous foreign bricklayers and stone cutters . The two shafts cooperate more closely with one another than other shafts, e.g. B. in the hostel sector, nevertheless there are considerable differences and autonomous structures.
The society of righteous foreign carpenters and slater journeyman mainly takes on journeyman of the wood construction trades ( carpenter , joiner , roofer , cooper , wood sculptor etc.). Numerically, this is the bay with 150 to 170 travelers the largest group of traveling companions Bay of a total of about 600 to 800 travelers are (number of free travelers here, however, difficult to comprehend).
The company of righteous foreign bricklayers and stone-carvers is the only shaft in which no woodworks travel. Professions that have to do with stone, minerals and metal in the narrow and broadest sense ( stonemasons , bricklayers , blacksmiths , plasterers , locksmiths , plumbers , stove builders , gardeners and landscapers, tilers, painters, etc.) are included here.
What both shafts have in common are: a. that only men are taken, that the members who take claim for themselves, the oldest travelers association to be a black and honesty carry guild tie mentioned. The rules and customs are different from each other.
The common color of respectability is possible because the carriers can be assigned to their shaft according to their trade (recognizable by the color of the gap and / or craft needle ).