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.
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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.
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