Although we’re experiencing a short winter return and COVID-19 virus news is depressing, let’s not forget to notice and feel grateful for SPRING coming. 25 March takes a special place in the Christian and rural folk calendar: it is the Feast of the Annunciation or Lady Day in the Christian Calendar. Hungarian language is beautifully…
According to tradition, last Sunday, September 8, paprika farmers reached a significant date. The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is associated with the start of the paprika harvest. Around the city of Szeged, it was believed that the Swallow-chasing Lady sets out to chase the birds away from their homes thereby…
September the 8th is one of the many Marian devotion days in the life of the Roman Catholic Church. In olden times the people of Szeged on this day devoted time and piety to the Blessed Virgin Mary. September was a busy time for a Catholic farmer, and on this day thoughts and prayers probably…