!!!Georgi

Georgi, designation for April 23; day to commemorate St.  Georg (in 
some dioceses April 24). This day is one of the  Lostage days, assumed 
to be "indicator days" for the weather and therefore important dates 
for farmers (especially for payments, changing farm hands, start of 
the grazing season). From the 15%%sup th/%  to the 19%%sup th/%  
centuries this day was considered the due date for interest payments 
in the manorial system. The Georgi day involved some customs and 
traditions, most of which have, however, been abandoned:  
Grasauslaeuten in Tirol, "Heischeumzuege" parades of the herdsmen 
(start of their working season), "Georgi rides" in Upper Austria and 
the province of Salzburg, "Georgi fires" in Upper Austria, 
"Georgi-Jagen" in southern Carinthia (custom practised by teenagers 
driving away the "Georg", wrapped in straw and green leaves, with 
fires and noise), marches along the boundaries of estates (e.g. the 
"Hottergang" in eastern Austria).


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