I år er det igen en ganske almindelig hverdag. Ugleungerne er i skole, Skribenten underviser som hver fredag, og jeg er ganske alene hjemme med ondt i halsen.
Jeg savner Store Bededag!
Store Bededag er en fridag, der har betydet meget for mig i de forgangne år. Det var så at sige en "gratis" fridag. Butikkerne var lukkede, så vi kunne ikke tage på indkøb. Vi fik ikke gæster, vi skulle ikke i kirke. Kort sagt, vi havde bare fri, og der var ingen, der forventede noget af os, ingenting vi skulle.
Det savner jeg i den grad ... den her lette, boblende frie fornemmelse, når dagen ender af "Tænk, det er kun lørdag i morgen!"
Today is Friday in the 4th week of Easter. Until now it was a holiday, Common (or great) prayer day, but again this year it is just another Friday. The Owlets are off to school, the Writer is teaching, and I'm home alone with a sore throat.
I miss this holiday. It was a breathing space in the busy spring, he period for exams, digging, doing ...
It was so to say a "free" holiday. Nobody expected anything from us, the shops were closed, so no shopping, we were not having any guests, we were not supposed to go to church (this was a Protestant prayer day only 😉). Not a thing in the calendar, and when the day ended, I always have had this light, bubbly feeling: Tomorrow is only Saturday! This feeling - of a week with two Saturdays - I am sorely going to miss in years to come.
I really do not think that this feeling of frustration and loss will make me a better, more industrious citizen!
Wordle, you say - Ugh! No letters for soo long!
It seems I am an average Wordle-solver: Today’s average difficulty is 5.2 guesses out of 6, or very challenging. I'll check this out from now on if I remember ;)
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No wonder you never heard of it. I was/is a special Danish one, made by combining many fast & prayer days into one. This happened in 1686
SvarSletIt was abolished by the government in 2023 (effective as of '24), but it is still a holiday in Greenalnd and the Faroes.
Øv,øv med ondt i halsen- god bedring til dig.
SvarSletJeg kunne nu også godt bruge fridagen(St Bededag) igen.
Ja, det var sådan en rar, uforpligtende helligdag.
SletFor me, Easter doesn't come in "weeks" there is just good Friday, then Easter Saturday and Sunday and that's it, for all my life. Because we were and are not church goers or religious in any way, it is just a small holiday with chocolate eggs.
SvarSletI hope your sore throat is soon better.
It's just the old way of doing it. Before modern calendars everything was counted in weeks after this and that, and years after this and that.
SletAnd the definition for when this - now very secular - holiday was to be celebrated was "Friday in the fourth week in/after Easter". It was written in the law and had nothing whatsoever to do with going to church or not ... well I suppose it had, back in 16-something when it was made, but the last many years it was a day off work, a day for eating special buns and relax.
Sore throat is a bit better, but still a far shot from good :(
It makes me sad, too, knowing it's gone. We all need more simple days off.
SvarSletI'm praying for your throat and I'm an average Wordler or less, too.