Jeg tager ikke til det nærmeste tempel, jeg ved ikke engang hvor jeg skulle tage hen - og præsten ville nok glo temmelig meget, hvis jeg mødte op til messen bevæbnet med knækkede og bukkede nåle og en kage.
Men jeg kan godt lige ideen med at sige pænt tak for tjenesten til de udtjente ting. Og en bøn om at forbedre sine evner i det kommende år? Kan vi ikke alle have behov for det.
I'm not going to the nearest temple - I would not even know where to go - and the priest would surely eye me suspiciously if I brought my needles and pins along to mass, to bury them there.
That being said, I like the idea of saying a proper goodbye and thanks to broken needles and pins, and prayers for improving, I think we all could need that.
I have never heard of this until now. I don't think I would take needles and pins to any temple. I do remember my mum always keeping a few wine corks handy and pushing damaged needles and pins into them so they could safely be thrown out once the cork was full.
SvarSletThis is a great idea, thanks. I'll follow your mother's example. So far I had an old honey jar with a hole in the lid (like a piggy bank) for "dangerous waste". But I did not like it or my pins and needles - the cork sounds so much beter.
SletDet er første gang jeg hører om en nålefest, men kan godt lide tanken om fokus på taknemmelighed og ønsket om at forbedre ens evner.
SvarSletJa, ideen tiltaler også mig. Og det der med en korkprop og et særligt sted at 'begrave' dem lyder fint. Jeg har tænkt en hel del over det, for nålefesten har været fejret her på bloggen før, bare for længe siden.
SletI've not heard of such tradition but it sounds fascinating. Titling this 'feast of broken needles' also interesting, like a dance or something that might be donr on stage.
SvarSletHave a lovely day.
I wrote of it before, many years ago. I am always remembering days like this the next day, or even two, after they took place. Then it's no fun writing of them any more.
SletFeast of the Broken Needles is really a good name and poetic.
There's no reason you can't properly lay yours to rest somehow, perhaps as River said her mother did, in a cork, and then put in the ground in a special place.
SvarSletI'll sure do this from now on.
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