"Burning" of witches, Finland Children in Scandinavia are used to they beg on the streets these days, wearing a scarf, filling their faces with smoke and carrying brooms and willow twigs. In some parts of West Finland, they light a big bonfire in the countryside on Easter Sunday, believing that it will banish the witches , according to this Scandinavian tradition.
Bottle, Poland The classic boogelo that students do at the end of the year in Greece, seems to have been adopted as an Easter custom in Poland and is called Smingus-Dingus. Specifically, on Easter Monday, the boys try to shower people with either buckets, either with a water gun, etc., while the girls who will get completely wet, tradition wants them to marry within the year. This custom has its roots in baptism of the Polish prince Mieszko on Easter Monday the 996 A.D. Continue at source ....
