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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ГРУДЕНЬ 201 2 WWW. UNWLA.ORG 7 their luck at biting a piece off, kalyta was taken d own and shared among all participants. In the same region of Podillia, boys would carve out scary faces on pumpkins, place candles inside them, and use these after dark to frighten the girls in the village. On St. Andrew's Day, pranks of all sorts were al lowed. For instance, the parents who forbade their daughters to join the youth at the vechornytsi could wake up the next morning to find their gate, fence, or plough mis s- ing, only to discover them later on their roof or abandoned on the other side of the v illage. St. Barbara's Day December 17th is the feast day of another Chri s- tian martyr and patron saint of women — St. Barb a- ra. According to a legend from the Vinnytsia o b- last , St. Barbara was an expert embroiderer, so on this day women would often set aside all the other work in order to do some embroidery. Girls would get together to make varenyky with cheese or po p- py seeds. As a practical joke, they would often stuff one or two of them with flour or even wool. When the youth got together in the evening, girls would treat the boys to the traditional dish and watch with glee as one of them inevitably got to sample the “special” varenyk . St. Nicholas Day December 19th is, of course, the beloved and still widely celebrated feast day of St. Nicholas, patron saint of the poor and the helpless as well as children. Before the present - day tradition to leave gifts for children at night ever came about, one of the older men in the community would usu ally dress up as St. Nicholas and go from Віра В овк РІЗДВО Всміхни ся, Мамо! На Т воїх колінах Проснулось ни ні дороге Ди тя; Його загріли сарни і ягня Як догорали в вогни щі поліна. При йшов і князь, і воїн, і чумак Розпроміни ти ли ченько ди тяче Та й розстели ли взори мерехтячі Пшени чні ядра і пахучи й мак. Лягає ніч на вбогім обозорі І світи ть ми рно уставками зір. Усе: і янгол, і пастух, і звір Клякає ти хо на Т воїм порозі. house to house to distribute presents to the little ones in the evening. Schools would stage plays featuring St. Nicholas, angel helpers, and the d e- vil, who would try to prevent the children from receiving gifts, claiming that they had been di s- obedient all year. Every play, however, would end with St. Nicholas forgiving the children and giving each a present. Although the focus of the holiday was on the children, youth frequently participated in these plays, taking on the roles of the angels and the devil a nd helping distribute gifts. With the coming of St. Nicholas Day, real winter would usually set in, but this fact would not deter the youth, who continued to come t o- gether for the vechornytsi throughout the season until the beginning of Lent. $ 1, 0 00 ― Matching donation from Exxonmobil Foundation $ 500 ― Zenon and Dozia Krislaty 100 дол. ― 8 - ий Відділ CУA в Клівленді, Ог. Our sincere thanks to our contributors. T O CONTRIBUTE TO THIS EFFORT , PLEASE MAKE YOUR CHE CK PAYABLE TO "UNWLA" with the notation reading "UNWLA Endowment Fund at UCU " AND MAIL DIRECTLY TO UNWLA H EADQUARTERS 203 S ECOND A VE , NY, NY 10003
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