Epiphany Traditions from the region of Lapus, Maramures
Presented by Mirela Toderean, grade 4B,
"On the eve
of the Epiphany, (the 5th of January), the girls ready to be married try to
foresee their future and therefore try ritual practices to know their future
husband.
For example, in
order to see if the husband-to-be will be rich or not, girls make a bouquet of
basilica with branches of fir tree. They place the bouquet in a sloping
position on a small river bank and let it for the night. If the bouquet has
icicles in the morning, the future husband will be rich, but if it remains as
it was placed, the future husband will be poor.
The girls wanting
to be married must not eat for all the day long. They prepare for the night some
dough made of two parts of white flour, a part of salt and some water, and they
bake on the stove a flat cake they eat staying on the wood clefting. The girls
listen carefully to any kind of noise while they eat. If they hear a dog’s
barking, they’ll have a dog’s life (a harsh one). If they hear human voices,
their future life will be good. After eating half of the flat cake, the girls
must go to bed without drinking any water. They place the other half under the
pillow. The flat cake being very salted, the girls will be thirsty and they
dream that someone brings them a cup of water. They must watch out of that
person, because it is said that him or one of his/her relatives will be the
future husband."
Bibliography:
http://ethnotreasurehunt.blogspot.ro/2014/06/romanian-customs4-epiphany-epiphany.html
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