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It's Midsummer Eve again!

Friday, 19. June 2009, 16:08:17

I wrote a post about the Swedish midsummer eve celebration last year, but it doesn't hurt refreshing your memory... :wink:

Traditionally, this was a perfect time for magic, as well as fertility, and it was often used to find that special someone.
Here are some of the more notable old ways of doing that:
  • Pick seven (some places nine) kinds of wild flowers and jump over nine fences. Don't say a word during the night. Put the flowers under your pillow and you'll dream of your love-to-be.
    This is the most common custom that still happens today. Perhaps not in its original sense though.
  • Sit backwards on a chair and eat a herring - tail first, head last. This will make your love come to you during the night.
    Ewww! No thanks!
  • Find a spring in the woods. Get naked and run around it counterclockwise nine times. Look into the water and see the reflection of your lover.
    Run nine times around a spring? :faint:
  • Stand naked in a field of rye and you might get a vision of your future love.
    I bet whoever thought up this one lived next to a rye field. I bet it was a man.
  • Get naked and sweep a bridge backwards while waiting for him-to-be.
    I bet rye man had plenty of ideas like this one... :rolleyes:
  • Eat salt porridge before you go to bed to make you dream of that special someone coming to you with water.
    Or wake up with a bad tummy ache and nightmares.

Have a wonderful Midsummer Eve!
:sst: And let me know how it went! :wink:

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Comments

Dacotah 19. June 2009, 16:51

:eyes: :faint:
How did it go for you Rose-Marie. :D
:heart:
Pick seven flowers and jump over nine fences?

Kittylicious 19. June 2009, 16:57

Salt porridge...? That doesn't sound delicious at all. *yuck*
I think I'll go for some of the naked stuff! :wink:

Darko 19. June 2009, 17:04

"Run nine times around a spring?"
Interesting, you didn`t find it disturbing to get naked somewhere in the wood and run around like a lunatic, but running nine times is what bothers you. Now this is disturbing :insane:
I didn`t know Norwegians like to run around naked :left:

r♡se 19. June 2009, 17:07

Carol - You're supposed to do it tonight. I have never done any of these... :wink:

Zap - I don't think the herring sounds very appetising either!
:sst: Don't forget to take pictures! p:

Darko - :lol: In the woods, no-one can here you scream!
These are all Swedish traditions. Midsummer Eve is not celebrated the same way in Norway. :smile:

Phantom2 19. June 2009, 17:21

"Stand naked in a field of rye and you might get a vision of your future love."

I've done this....many times......all I ever saw was a cow looking at me like I was crazy! :D

Cois 19. June 2009, 17:39

I know you did one of these bridgegirl! p:

Moesring 19. June 2009, 18:33

Originally posted by Kitty:

I think I'll go for some of the naked stuff!

But you're a cat - you're always naked. :rolleyes:

I bet whoever thought up this one lived next to a rye field. I bet it was a man.

:lol:

r♡se 19. June 2009, 19:37

P2 - A cow, eh? Ok, I won't be judgemental... :wink:

Cois - I hardly even sweep at home. p:

Moe - Isn't the fur covering the nakedness? :wink:

Moesring 19. June 2009, 19:46

Not when she shaves her legs (and other places) :wink:

Dacotah 19. June 2009, 21:35

:lol: I'll pass. Let me know how it went for you than, you can do them tonight. :D

Kimberly 19. June 2009, 21:40

lol

Phantom2 19. June 2009, 21:58

Originally posted by rose-marie:

A cow, eh? Ok, I won't be judgemental...


Did I mention that cow followed me around for two weeks! :o:

Darko 19. June 2009, 22:22

Did she tried the same thing and then saw you? :lol: :lol:

Phantom2 20. June 2009, 01:27

Well, she was standing naked in the field when she saw me the first time.
....maybe you have a point there! :lol: :lol:

Peter 20. June 2009, 02:06

:rolleyes: Some people do weird things in their spare time and then invent a story around it and name it folklore. :lol:

Darko 20. June 2009, 05:20

I knew some people who ended up like that after some wild parties - naked in the field running around :lol:

Cois 20. June 2009, 12:51

Oh my youth :whistle:

r♡se 20. June 2009, 15:41

:eek: Moe! Who are you and what have you done with innocent Moe?

Carol - I passed too. :wink:

Hey Squeak. :D

P2 - That is such a cute love story! :love:
p:

I guess folklore has to begin somehow, Peter. :D

Sure Darko... "Some people"... It was you, wasn't it? p:

Dacotah 20. June 2009, 15:42

:D

Peter 20. June 2009, 18:06

I was watching one of these Nordic summer games on TV a while ago where the male has to carry his bride or girlfriend across his back over a mud course. It was hilarious. :lol:
:rolleyes: I'm not too sure P2 will ever qualify. cow

:D

Darko 20. June 2009, 18:36

:no: I was never THAT drunk :left:

Well, maybe once :whistle:

Gavin Sheedy 20. June 2009, 19:04

If you look into a spring, won't you see your own reflection? :sherlock:

Peter 20. June 2009, 20:00

That depends on the type of spring I should think.
If it was spring water, you might.
If it was a metal bed spring, you might get an eyeful of .... I'll leave you to sort that out for your self. Homer: Doh!

Cois 20. June 2009, 20:11

:lol: ouch!

Moesring 20. June 2009, 21:18

Who are you and what have you done with innocent Moe?

But... what's wrong with accepting that she probably shaves her legs, and her underarms too? :angel:awww:cry:

flamingo-rinse 20. June 2009, 21:40

Nice post, Rose :smile: - of course, it's the winter solstice for me..today (sunday 21st) is my shortest day - the sun sets at I think 5.07 pm and tomorrow - the days start getting longer and soon it'sll be spring and then it'll be ...Summer!!! :yay: :bounces: :can't wait: :heart: :happy:

Kittylicious 21. June 2009, 04:55

Originally posted by Moesring:

what's wrong with accepting that she probably shaves her legs, and her underarms too?


I don't shave them. I epilate them. :left: P:

Cois 21. June 2009, 10:01

With duct tape :whistle:

r♡se 21. June 2009, 10:55

Peter - He could cheat and get an inflatable cow... p:

Darko - One time is all it takes to find yourself naked in a field! :lol:

Gavin - I guess that's where the magic kicks in. :D
Did you do any of these on Midsummer?

Moe - Why would she shave her underarms :confused:

Nick - Happy winter solstice :D. They say summer is coming here now - :bounces with: :happy:

Zap - Why would you epilate your underarms :confused:
p:

Cois - That's waxing! p:

Gavin Sheedy 21. June 2009, 11:03

No, I already found my love and lost her, so I watched a Stephen King movie instead p:

Moesring 21. June 2009, 11:06

Why would she shave her underarms

Because they're always on show. :rolleyes:

That is from a really old advert. I looked around, but couldn't find the advert to show you.

r♡se 21. June 2009, 11:22

Gavin - I hope you didn't see a vision of a love-to-be in the movie! :insane: p:

Moe - An advert for what? I'm pretty sure I haven't seen it. awww

Gavin Sheedy 21. June 2009, 11:27

Now that you mention it, there were virtually no females in the movie. :right: Nowadays, if you want to find the love of your life, your stare into your computer screen. :left: Isn't nice that we have choices that women standing naked in rye fields didn't? :D

Moesring 21. June 2009, 11:40

An advert for what? I'm pretty sure I haven't seen it. awww

That's part of the problem. I don't remember what it fully. awww

From what I vaguely remember, it was an advert for moisturiser or something similar. It started out by saying something to the effect of "Why have smooth underarms? Because they're always on show". Then it went into a little video clip showing women doing things you might do everyday in which their underarms become visible - giving directions, playing with hair, swooning because of their awesome foreheads (well, I'm sure this wasn't part of the advert - but I bet it is something you do at least once a day :yes:), you get the idea.

By the time they've made you paranoid that everyone is looking under your arms at every possible opportunity, they get to the sales pitch about how their product can make yours soft and smooth. So much so that you'll go around showing them off to anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby.

Bet you're wishing you hadn't asked, aren't you? P:

Kittylicious 21. June 2009, 12:05

I wished I had read it as underarms instead of as under arms. :left:

Darko 21. June 2009, 13:50

Originally posted by rose-marie:

One time is all it takes to find yourself naked in a field!


I knew you were speaking from personal experience P:

lokutus_prime 21. June 2009, 15:09

Great photo :up:

Stonehenge is 10 mins by car from my place. I go there several times throughout the year and have posted photos of my visits, but not this morning at dawn... far too early to get up. I felt the Solstice vibes today :smile:

Darko 21. June 2009, 16:10

I`ve seen on the news there were a lot of people in Stonehenge :smile:

Gavin Sheedy 21. June 2009, 16:12

Bit different from the days of Thatcher when people got beaten up for going, then. :smile:

Darko 21. June 2009, 16:16

Why would someone do that????

Gavin Sheedy 21. June 2009, 16:25

Maggie didn't like the scruffy, New-Age travelers. It's a bit scary what Maggie got away with in a modern democracy. The police also charged on horses into Poll Tax protesters who were sitting peacefully outside number ten, on video, and nothing was ever done about it. The background against which "V for Vendetta" was written. That was a bit off-topic...

flamingo-rinse 21. June 2009, 23:57

Possibly off-topic but true, and bloody outrageous too - welcome to democracy, all those struggling to get out from under military and\or fascistic regimes.

I lived not too far from Stonehenge (family from thereabouts) and it is an extremely special place (and indeed not the only place in the general neighbourhood to be like this) - forget the tourism and all that....there IS something there, in the land...you can feel it...lightheartedly called 'vibes' perhaps, but imagine a deep, deep buzz, just outside of your general depths of perception....:smile:

OK - off topic again - sorry :D

Darko 22. June 2009, 05:05

Hmmm..... now I want to go there :left:

Peter 22. June 2009, 12:01

I expect that you know that you are obliged to bring your own obelisk with you. :D

Aadil 22. June 2009, 12:16

Menhir's can be delivered, but the only menhir delivery man I know of lives in a tiny gaulish village. . . :whistle:.

flamingo-rinse 23. June 2009, 03:10

Bring your own Obelisk : possibility of a Monty Python style sketch there, perhaps??? :D

*Michael Palin character* "Obelisks!!! Get your Obelisks 'ere!
'Ow about you madam? Obelisk?? Fresh in today...you got a lucky face you 'ave, dahlin' - 'alf price to you - only 5 quid!!" etc. etc.

:D

r♡se 23. June 2009, 07:32

*takes a deep breath*

Gavin - Why limit yourself to females, when there are such characters as Christine and her likes? p:
I hope you do more than just stare into the screen. :left:

Moe & Zap - I'm confused now. Is it underarms or under the arms (i.e. armpits)? Or do I want to know? :left:

Darko - Don't try to pin this one on me, naked field man! :lol:

Loku - Thank you! :happy: It's an orchid I got a couple of weeks ago. It's really blooming wonderfully now.
I can imagine it being very special around Stonehenge these days. Have you ever seen any druids there?

Gavin again - She did that? I haven't heard about that, but I remember her as a tough, very conservative lady. Even long after she retired, she spoke out negatively about single providing mothers... :rolleyes:

Nick - I'd love to see Stonehenge once. :D When is the best time to avoid tourists? (Except winter time.)

Peter & Aadil - Do you think I can bring the most famous obelisk in Oslo? :yes:

Nick - :lol: ALBATROSS!

Darko 23. June 2009, 07:55

I don't have to. You are revealing your little secrets by yourself P:
Btw, where have you been last two days? Running around? :whistle:

r♡se 23. June 2009, 07:59

Nope, not running. I have been out in the summer, doing as little as possible... :wink:

Darko 23. June 2009, 08:00

Look at all the comments, everyone missed you :D

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