Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1930, Page 6

FEEOING O BIRDS 15 YILE CLSTON Legation Officials Tell of; Christmas Folklore in Scandinavia. sThe custom of feeding the birds nl ~Ohristmas’ time, which has prevailed in | Norway and. Sweden for many genera- | tions, might well be followed in this country with beneficial results for both Hungry birds and needy farmers. Great sheaves of straw or hay, filled | with a variety of grains, corn, oats, etc., are ‘prepared by the farmers through- cut . these: Scandinavian countries and sold to city residents or those living in the suburbs, who tie the sheaves to veranda or gate posts on Christmas eve. In the country the farmers place these bundles of grain upon the roofs of. barns, or other prominent places, ‘where the birds can eat to their fill on tmas morning. Festivities Shared With Birds. A visit to the Norwegian and Swedish | legations elicited information that the custom as practiced in the two coun- tries is almost identically the same. “The idea was started through the belief that Christmas being a time of Lappiness and feasting for all should ‘also include the birds,” explains a mem- ber "of the Norwegian legation. “We usually have considerable snow by Christmas time and it is hard for the birds to find food. It is a very beauti- ‘ful Bight to see them flock around the sheaves on Christmas morning, and for sevéral mornings after, until the food is gone, to enjoy their share of the Christmas feasting” -Despite cold weather prevalling in Norway, it is said that many colorful birds still remain there to enjoy their Christmas banguet. Although most of the birds partake of the grain contained in the sheaves on the posts, one little gray and green bird, closely resembling the American tom-tit, is given a special ©dish” of tallow. which he prefers to the feast of grains. Farmers Fill Sheaf Orders, At the Swedish legation, it was said that orders for sheaves for the birds are frequently placed with the farmers m :;f:mmc 1rnlf‘s]. The farmers uite a nice fund by supplying Tesidents of city suburbs and those whg are far énough removed from the city to have birds in the neighborhood, with T Denmare. i 5 nm: e third of the Scandi- dan trio, does not have this custom feeding the birds. This, it was ex- Pplained, is probably because, being fur- ther south than Norway or Sweden, the ish birds have an easier time find- ing théir own Christmas dinners. Santa Claus Is Unknown. ~ Neither does Denmark tell its chil- 'n the story of Santa Claus. The great event for Danish youngsters is the CI feast held on the 24th of December, which is followed by the Hhung of the Christmas tree and dis- b of gifts. A quaint d, which is retold to the children of Den- mark at Christmas, and which gives to little Danish boy and girl the e m‘z’m“fi?u }:A‘)D"-ha‘ American with oug} nta Claus wmln;uhdwn the “x ALy 3 , Wl In"a bowl for him Mrt his . One must give the little & share in the Christmas feast ESRbe p e b o e year. - wn l.h’o found in Norway and -+, Tree Is Festive Symbol. - Like Denmark, both Sweden and Norway. -give the Christmas tree a | rom.\nm:m place in the Yuletime cele- The Norway spruce, one of the most beautiful of -th> -evergreen family, is in- the country whose name it ars éxcjusively as the Christmas tree. lodern " electricity, though perhaps safer, is. never used roruflgh ng the st tree in Norway. tapers_of various colors decorate the ! . with cakes and chocolates for the children. Lighting of the candles on_ the tree | cotistl an important part of the| festivities. P | Christmas in the Scandinavian coun- ries, as it does in the United States. ther members of families from different parts of the country. Due:to the high import duty on auto- mobiles _in Norway, the motor car is not used as extensively as it is here. | Instead of the chug-chug of the au- tomobile and its noisy tooting horns, | one hears- the jingling of sleigh bells in Norway as persons travel to family reunions at Christmas time. | Church Attendance at Yuletide, Although Norway and Denmark s Mitle of Santa Claus and his reindeers, ke is a welcome visitor in Sweden, | where all ‘the children know him as | Jule-Tomte, or the Christmas elf, who, | dressed in the quaint costume known to American and English children, travels about the countryside on Christmas eve | and distributes his gifts to the chil- dren. Por several hundred years Sweden | has carried out a picturesqu: custom ! on Chiristmas morning. At 6 o'clock in | the morning, while it is still dark, every- body. both in city and country, Tises to | attend early church services. Travel- ing in horse-drawn _sleighs, the bells jingling a merry Christmas. greeting. | great lighted torches are carried by, those on their way to church. and we are told that the brilliant lights. mov- | ing ?apidly through the - countryside, | meke a_spectacle of unsurpassed beauty TWO STUDENTS ADMIT | _LEONARD HALL ROBBERY | woken! at Leonardtown, They Con- «, fess They Carried Away e School Safe. 1al Dispatch to The Star BONARDTOWN, Md., December 13. n Knott, aged 22, of Richmond, Va., and Vincent Abell of Clements, aged I9. two former students of Leonard Hall High School, who were arrested esday afternoon by Sheriff W.l- WE Clark of St. Marys County in Ledfiatdtown on suspicion that they _ implicated in the robbery at ard Hall High School, early Sun- day mornipg, pleaded guilty yesterday afferncon o charges of housebreaking ‘witeN-&rraigned before Magistrate Rob- ert Burroughs /n the Leonardtown Bouse. Magistrate Burroughs | the place of Magistrate Roland Duke, who is sick. 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