Friday, December 13, 2013

fri., 13 dec., 2013: countdown 2 xmas, pt. xiii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

CATALAN:  (el) caganatio  ‡‡

 ‡‡ )  (el) Caganatio =  Lit., "the shitting log" — (el) Caganatio is another Catalan Cath. Xmas trad. A log with a face carved or painted on it is swathed in a blanket. On Xmas eve the children shout at & abuse the log, exhorting the log to shit their Xmas treats; when the blanket is removed the Xmas treats are found, treats obligingly shat out by the coprocopia known as (el) Caganatio

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