Runner-up for City Daily Photo shop window theme day:
these strange Glücksschweinchen!
Good luck pig pillows in a Vienna store window.
For only 24 Euros you can take one home.
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UPDATE: Thanks to Merisi of Vienna for explaining the pig mystery in the comments.
Here is some more on the subject of lucky things in German-speaking lands:
Pigs as Glücksbringer – Schwein as Austrian Good Luck Charm
Other luck bringers
Goethe Institute on Superstition
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People give each other a Glücksschweinchen on New Year's Eve.
ReplyDeleteUsually they are smaller versions, tiny plastic piglets, chocolate or marzipan ones. They also give tiny chimney sweeps, four-leaf clover, toadstools, and horseshoes in edible and non-edible versions.
Come to think of it, I have no idea how the toadstools ended up amongst the good luck stuff. ;-)
They're cute!
ReplyDeleteI wish you luck Dina!
ReplyDeleteWarm ALOHA,
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Cloudia, thanks. Good luck to you too!
ReplyDeleteMerisi, thanks so much for this explanation! Now that I know there is a whole New Year good luck tradition behind these pigs I am going to start researching the custom. Interesting!
Glücksschweinchen are always welcome !
ReplyDeleteBela fotografia e gostei do blog.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço.
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Thanks to Merisi for the explanation!
ReplyDeletelovely sofa with pigs
ReplyDeleteI, for one, would love to have a good luck pig. I love the idea! I'll start searching the shops this weekend.
ReplyDeleteOh I used to love these!
ReplyDeleteThe world has many customs and I find them very interesting.
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