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Bread is the Head
"Bread is everything's Head"-
so runs a Ukrainian saying,
"Bread is the lord of everything"-
says another,
"Without bread, the talk is dry"-
which is also right;
"If there's bread and water,
there's no hunger"-... See more https://allpoetry.com/poem/17621330-Bread-is-the-Head-by-Ivan-Petryshyn
Bread is the Head
"Bread is everything's Head"-
so runs a Ukrainian saying,
"Bread is the lord of everything"-
says another,
"Without bread, the talk is dry"-
which is also right;
"If there's bread and water,
there's no hunger"-
that is known to the old and younger.
all things, used to make bread,
were sacred:
the ingredients, the dishes,
the day to bake,
what to take,
the time to commence,
the way to preserve,
the mode to eat,
the rye, the wheat.
the bread was daily and ritual,
the latter was baked for the calendar celebrations:
the Easter bread, the "ladders", St. Andrew's "abundance"-
the know-how education was passed to generations
of every family and region:
all housewives were artesians.
and the clan's actions' rites had their breads:
the wedding braided bread, called "kohrohvai",
a wheel-shaped soft and fluffy bread "kahlach",
a wedding gift-for-the-new-family flat bread "lezhen' ",
not tower-like, as the "kohrohvai",
but also very rich, tasty and white,
a wedding braided round bread
called "dyven' "(looking-through)
predicting the life of new-weds:
the bride was looking through it at the bridegroom
trying to see, what in their life would loom.
bread was used also in the house rites
and in the agrarian magic actions,
for various aims and various reactions.
the bread was of two types:
unleavened and sourdough,
perhaps, baked also many centuries ago.
the sourdough was baked one time a week
from wheat mixed with barley, buckwheat or oats,
when short on grain, they added boiled potatoes,
some peas, some beans or bran,
whichever was the need and plan.
Poetic reproduction from Ukrainian "People's Ethnology" by Ivan Petryshyn, PP. 176-177).
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/NationalBreadMuseum/posts/408087240568805/?locale=ms_MY&paipv=0&eav=AfbgoZYvZKtX44Av3n4nW3x2hQqpvkhV17tlAbwtwjbDUYc2qcg7tye7N_jaO3L-DQc&_rdr
https://etnocook.com/10-best-ukrainian-breads/
https://hvilya.com/news/culture/chy-znayete-shho-take-dyven.html ▲ Collapse
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