My grandmother (from Manasterz, Galicia) would always fling walnuts at us kids on December 26, as a remembrance of St Stephen, the first martyr. Now I toss them at my kids carrying on this Polish tradition. So Happy St. Stephen's day and now go throw some walnuts at your relatives whether they are Polish or not. Alan Sitek

Hi Alan At my house on the Feast of Saint Stephen, I throw nuts out for the squirrels. This is my way of remembering the good deed to a poor peasant performed by King Wenceslaus close to a thousand years ago. "Good King Wenceslaus looked out On the feast of Stephen When the snow lay round about Deep and crisp and even. Brightly shone the moon that night Though the frost was cruel When a poor man came in sight Gathering winter fuel..." "...Bring me flesh and bring me wine Bring me pine logs hither. Thou and I will see him dine When we bear him thither." Curiously, while quite different, both our celebratory activities today involve nuts. We might just be the vanguard of a new holiday which might become known as "Nuts to You Day". Cheers! Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Sitek" <asitek@cmsconnect.com> To: <GALICIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 9:12 AM Subject: [GALICIA] Happy St. Stephen's Day > My grandmother (from Manasterz, Galicia) would always fling walnuts at > us kids on December 26, as a remembrance of St Stephen, the first > martyr. > > Now I toss them at my kids carrying on this Polish tradition. > > > > So Happy St. Stephen's day and now go throw some walnuts at your > relatives whether they are Polish or not. > > > > Alan Sitek > > > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? > GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >