living in a state of perpetual awkwardness @sarie-gamgee - Tumblr Blog

hey so anyone else just, feel thin. sort of stretched. like butter scraped over too much bread. like you need a holiday. a very long holiday. and you don't expect you shall return? or is that just me and bilbo baggins

#my thoughts exactly #two weeks and a half left before the holidays #but still #D:

crowley-anthony

The Beginning | The End

#fuck i miss this them #fuck i miss this show #good omens

inthetags

In the tags, if you remember, put the first fandom you joined.

#LotR

raggedy-spaceman

Mr. Fell, bookseller and master of the art of prestidigitation

+ Bonus, the one time it mattered most

#i wish we'd had silly moments like these in GO3 #good omens

cerastes

People don’t even say w00t anymore.

cerastes

This sux00rz…

#ahahaha #i used to say w00t a lot

useless-catalanfacts

June is apricot season 🍑

One of the ways to use this fruit is in coques (Catalan sweet brioche). Though they're also eaten in other parts of the Catalan Countries, apricot coques are most common in the Balearic Islands, where they are one of the most typical summer pastries.

Photo by Lola Escudero in Calendari l'Ermità. Recipe (in Catalan) in the link.

#coca d'albercocs!#can't wait to make some once i'm on holiday

ghostspiderboy

Lingering around my mutuals post silently like a cat as a form of bonding

#accurate #truth

useless-catalanfacts

Fountains decorated for the ou com balla tradition in Barcelona, Catalonia. Photos from Cultura Popular Barcelona.

On the festivity of Corpus, some towns and cities in Catalonia have a curious tradition. Fountains are decorated with flowers and cherries, and then an empty egg is placed on top of the water source to make it spin. In the Catalan language, this tradition is called l'ou com balla ("the dancing egg").

It's unknown how this tradition got started, we only know for sure that it started in Barcelona. The oldest written proof of it is a document from the year 1636 where the Barcelona cathedral buys eggs for the Corpus festivity. Some historians claim another source from 1440 could also be talking about it but it's unsure.

There are three theories on what it could mean. Take into account that the Feast of Corpus Christi is one of the most important Catholic religious holidays, celebrated in May or June (moves according to the moon calendar) to celebrate Christ's presence in the Eucharist. The Eucharist is a part of the religious service where believers eat a bread and drink a wine that is believed to be Christ's body and blood, respectively. Here are the three theories:

The most widespread interpretation is that the egg represents the sacramental bread and the fountain with water represents the cup with Christ's blood. The cherries and other fruit that decorate it would be Christ's blood.

Others believe it's a representation of the fullness of spring, because the egg, the water and the abundance of flowers and fruits are a symbol of the fecundity and regeneration that takes place in spring.

Some historians theorize that its origin is more simple: the nobles of Montcada street in Barcelona were bored while waiting for the Corpus procession to start, and they did this like a game.

#it's dancing egg weekend!#i may go see the ones in my neighbourhood tomorrow #they're so soothing and pretty #folklore #catalunya