Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1896 — A German Custom. [ARTICLE]

A German Custom.

A German Easter custom is to light fires on the hillside of the Hartz, obtaining the holy water from the streams at midnight, when the good spirit moves the waters, and the presentation of cakes, shaped in «he form of the rising sun, are made special features of the occasion.