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This is why you shouldn't do your laundry between Christmas and New Years

2021-12-31T09:46:32.512Z


This is why you shouldn't do your laundry between Christmas and New Years Created: 12/31/2021, 8:58 AM By: Janine Napirca According to superstition, if you hang your laundry between Christmas and New Years, something bad could happen. © Mario Martinez / Imago Did you want to use the days off between Christmas and New Year to work off the accumulated mountain of dirty laundry? According to a G


This is why you shouldn't do your laundry between Christmas and New Years

Created: 12/31/2021, 8:58 AM

By: Janine Napirca

According to superstition, if you hang your laundry between Christmas and New Years, something bad could happen.

© Mario Martinez / Imago

Did you want to use the days off between Christmas and New Year to work off the accumulated mountain of dirty laundry?

According to a

Germanic, pre-Christian legend

, bad things happen when you do your

laundry between Christmas and New Years

.

In the worst case, a

family member

can even

die

.

So, if you believe in mythical customs, avoid doing laundry during this time.

Why shouldn't you do your laundry between Christmas and New Years?

According to the legend

,

the

spirit realm

opens

in the so-called Rauhnächten

.

In the six nights before and six nights after the

winter solstice

on December 21st *, the spirits can consequently leave their realm.

The term

Rauhnacht

probably comes from

Rauchnacht

.

Traditionally, houses and stables were fumigated with incense between Christmas and New Year to protect themselves from evil spirits.

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Don't wash white sheets between Christmas and New Years

The myth goes that between Christmas and New Years no white linen, especially bed linen and sheets, should be hung, as

wild riders would steal the linen

.

The riders would use the stolen sheets the following year as a

shroud

for a member of the house.

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You shouldn't put clotheslines on between Christmas and New Years

The

wild riders could get caught

in stretched

clotheslines

.

You should prevent this from happening, or their

anger

could be directed

against you and your family.

In addition, the hanging laundry symbolizes great misfortune and death and one should generally avoid disorder.

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: These simple tricks prevent creases on your laundry.

Why young women shouldn't hang white laundry between Christmas and New Years

According to superstition, young women are forbidden from

hanging

white clothes

on the days between Christmas and New Year

.

Because the wild riders could be

attracted

by it.

Seduced by the white sheets, they would attack the young women.

Whether you believe these myths or not, skipping your laundry at the end of the year can also be relaxing and liberating.

Enjoy

you prefer instead

a few days off

and

start the new year

again

rested full of power

by.

(jn) * 24garten.de and Merkur.de are an offer from

IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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