Pancake week, many of us are waiting with great impatience. After all, in a matter of days, you can not only have fun, but also to eat heartily, enjoying every bite of pancake.
Did you know that the first day of Carnival - 12 February - for women it is necessary to do a few things? What exactly - we will tell you about.
That should definitely make the first day of Carnival
General cleaning of the house. Yes, Monday should be a good tidy up, to invite guests on the pancakes in a clean house.
It is also desirable to make out the old stuff and get rid of those that you do not wear. There is a very good tradition that has come down to us from our ancestors - to carry these things to the church or orphanage.
Of course, the torn and very worn, it is desirable to burn things. It is believed that this will help to get rid of troubles and diseases in the home. Especially effective in the ritual if the house has a sick person.
Sew, embroider and erase the first day is not only possible but also necessary. The greater the time to do a woman in this day, the longer it will remain at rest and celebrations at the weekend.
The first and last day of Carnival it is imperative to pancakes. And it makes it worth it, even if you are working. Because pancakes on the table - it's to good luck in the house!
To pancakes it is necessary to file a delicious "supplement": sour cream, cottage cheese, jam, eggs, fish, etc. Of course, in any case can not be put on the table meat and meat products. After Pancake week - a few days of preparation for Lent.
Pancakes have to apply to the table and be sure to sit all family members for a common meal. Firstly, it will unite the family. Secondly, our ancestors believed that, with all the people in the household will be all right for a year if the first day of Carnival all gathered at the same table.
Eat pancakes have everything! And even those who have long and hard "on a diet". The first pancake, eaten on the first day of Carnival, to health!
And be sure to ask, how to properly celebrate Pancake Day all week.