Saturday, December 13, 2014

sat., 13 dec., 2014: 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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