!!!Bitttage Prayer Days, days on which processions are held to pray for a good harvest and to ward off thunderstorms; mainly on the 3 days before the Ascension of Christ (going back to the synod of Orleans of 511) and the name day of St. Mark (April 25). Even in pre-Christian times pictures of gods were carried through the fields, also to inspect the estate borders. !Literature R. Fochler, Von Neujahr bis Silvester, 1971; H. Koren, Volksbrauch im Kirchenjahr, 1934. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Bitttage|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]