Magyar News, 1998. szeptember-1999. augusztus (9. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1999-07-01 / 11-12. szám
NAME OF THE DAY JULY DAY OF THE NAME and Name-days and traditions AUGUST A s is known, the Hungarians celebrate /\ name-days, in general, and not 1 Ybirthdays. To help people catch up on name-days we will keep giving information about it with the help of Joseph Stiber. You should know that some names have only one designated day, then some have five. You might have to work on this. We will also try to incorporate the significant days of the month These will give some incentive doing traditional things, or as an almanac, calls for awareness or sorts out what should be done on a certain day. SIGNIFICANT DAYS OF JULY: You wouldn’t believe it but they say Margit is mad. Though this would be the first beachday it is spoiled by torencious rain and storm. Jacob has a historical significance. It is called the day of guarding the vinyard. The word guarding is misleading because it did not protect against criminals. The origin goes back to the Turkish occupation. After the battle of Mohács the Turks got into the habit of pouncing onto a village on Sundays when the people were in Church. They were waiting for the girls. Little did they know that the Hungarian girls could get out of tight situations. Well what did the girls do? They switched clothes with the old ladies, left the church bent over, imitating the way old folks walk. Then they took off to the vinyards where they hid til the Turks went away. The boys brought food for them and “stayed around” protecting them. On the 26th people celebrate Anna. This is the time for the famous, traditional Anna-Balls. NAME-DAYS IN JULY: 17 Tihamér 27 Otto, Ottokár 3.1 Kornél, Soma 47 Erzsébet, Izabella, Ulrik 5.1 Emese 6.1 Húsz János, Csaba 77 Apollónia 8.1 Ellák, Jenő 9.1 Koppány, Vera 10. /Amália, Alma 11. / Olga, Lillian, Nóra 12. / Abony, Dálma 13. / Henrik, Jenő 14. / Örs 15. / Egon, Henrietta, Henrik 16. / Valter, Zalán 17. / Elek, Endre, Sarolta '18./ Frigyes 19. / Emilia 20. / Illés 21. / Dániel 22. / Mária Magdolna 23. / Brigitta, Lenke 24. / Kinga, Krisztina, Kincső 25. / Kristóf 26. / Anna, Joákim 27.1 Olga, Ajtony 28.1 Ince, Szabolcs, Viktor 29. / Márta, Flóra 30. / Judit, Péter 31. / Loy, Ignác, Oszkár SIGNIFICANT DAYS OF AUGUST: 15th is the day when the harvesting should start. The harvest is put between the two ladies, between Nagy boldogasszony, Maria and Kisaasszonok, maidens, in September. During this time the knowlegeable elderly people collect herbs and eggs. August 20 seems to be a very important day. St. Stephen is celebrated this day, also this is the time for the Harvest Balls. Without much success the Communist government tryed to make it the day of the Constitution. Their Constitutioa NAME-DAYS IN AUGUST: 17 Alfonz, Boglárka 2.1 Lehel 3.1 Hermina 4.1 Domonkos 5./ Krisztina 6.1 Berta, Bettina 77 Ibolya, Donát 8.1 Domonkos, Döme, László 97 Ernőd 107 Lőrinc, Csilla 117 Tibor, Tiborc, Zsuzsanna 127 Klára, Giána 137 Ipoly, Ibolya 147 Ozséb, Marcell 157 Maria 167 Rókus, Ábrahám 177 Jácint, Réka 187 Ilona 197 Huba 207 Szt. István, Vajk 217 Sámuel, Hajna 227 Menyhért 237 Limai Rózsa, Bence 247 Bertalan 257 Lajos, Lujza 267 Izsó, Natália 277 Gáspár, Mónika 287 Ágoston, Gusztáv 297 Kér. János, Beatrix 307 Rózsa 317 Erika We will try to inform our readers more in the following months, so nobody will feel left out of the celebration. HUAGARIAA RADIO PROGRAOI is aired Sunday afternoon 1 to 2:30 from Fairfield University on 88.5 FM with Rev. Anthony Szilagyi. THE HUNGARIAN LIBRARY is accessible every Sunday morning between 10 and 11 at the Calvin United Church in Fairfield, CT. For information or appointment call Carolina Szabó at evenings at 203-268-6871 Page 8
