Polish Customs, Traditions and Folklore

A richly detailed and wellinformed monthby month accounting of all the major Polish customs and traditions practiced over the centuries. Ms. Knab stirs and reawakens our ancestral memory.The Kosciuszko Foundation Newsletter This unique wellresearched reference is arranged by month showing the various occasions feasts and holidays prominent in Polish culturebeginning with December it continues through Holy Week Customs superstitions beliefs and rituals associated with farming Pentecost Corpus Christi midsummer harvest festival wedding rites Name Days birth and death. Line illustrations throughout enrich this varied treasury of Polish folklore and the revised edition includes a chapter on Traditional Polish Games and Pastimes for Children. Many of the customs and traditions found herein are extinct even in todays Poland. World wars massive immigration the loss of the oral tradition urbanization and politics have changed the face of a once agrarian people and their accompanying lifestyle.