Saved until Christmas it could be offered to the cattle on Christmas morning or placed outside the house to emit blessings to all who lived there and to all visitors. There was magic around the last sheaf gathered after the threshing was done, or the last sheaf brought in from the field.Īll the generating force and energy lay hidden in it, according to the old belief. In the sheaf is the essence of the harvest, the vital power that makes grain grow, the spirit of fertility itself. It was said that these feathered visitors would eat less in the barn if they had their own sheaf to enjoy.Īnother tradition maintained that it looked prosperous to be openhanded with the grain in this manner.īut the initiated say there is a deeper significance. The tradition of the Christmas Sheaf in SwedenĪt Christmas, the last sheaf of grain saved at harvest time was raised high on a pole, a gable or on a roof as a generous offering to the birds. The 1911 Christmas Plate depicts the christmas sheaf. Then scatter thine alms, with lavish hand,Īnd remember the birds, and the song they sang, "The fields of kindness bear golden grain," When they feed the birds from their scanty store, "For the Father of all, who reigneth o'er,
"'Tis a gift from the loving hand of God, "Joy! joy! each grain of wheat," they sang, Then again to the Christmas sheaf they flew, The birdlings listened with mute surprise.Īnd they lifted their voices on high, to crave "For the sheriff," (he wept and wrung his hands) When down from their covert, with fluttering wings, Then safe in the safe, snug, warm sheaf they dwelt,Īnd softly and clear the sweet church bells 'Tis time, ere we rest in that cosy nest,Īnd this was the anthem they sweetly sang, "Come, come," cried the shivering little mate, "In that sheaf there is plenteous food and cheer,īut he gave it with smiles and blessings,
"Look! Look!" cried one, with joyful voice Where the winter nights are long and drear, It is a beautiful custom, and speaks well for the natural goodness of heart of the Scandinavian. What a pleasing picture it is to see the little creatures flying round, or perched on the thickest part of the straw and picking out the grain! "A man must be very poor indeed if he cannot spare a few coins to feed the little birds on Christmas-day!" I remember well the words of a friend of mine, as we were driving through the streets of Christiania he said, with deep feeling: In many of the districts the farmers' wives and children were busy at that season preparing the oats for Christmas eve.Įvery poor man, and every head of a family had saved a penny or two, to buy a bunch of oats for the birds to have their Christmas feast. Large quantities of oats, in bundles, were on sale in Christiania, and everybody bought bunches of them. Two or three days before cart-loads of sheaves are brought into the towns for this purpose, and both rich and poor buy, and place them everywhere.
IPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Air, iPad iPad, iPad Mini 2, iPad Mini 3, iPad Mini 4, 9.The Christmas feeding of the birds is prevalent in many of the provinces of Norway and Sweden: bunches of oats are placed on the roofs of houses, on trees and fences, for them to feed upon.
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