On this day the houses are decorated with trees and flowers which grow. wild in abundance, Special Songs are sung which have something common with Swiss yodels, During. this festival young people Ket acquainted and many weddings Bre solemnized. Girls wove wreaths which they threw on the better look-Ing oak trees. If the wreath fell that meant she had another year to wait. Also wreaths thrown Into rivers. If the stream took it to the other bank indicated that she was to leave liber parents' house and marry. In case it sank that meant death. On this day many herbs were collected for medicinal purposes. Nowadays large fields are sown and hubs are exported.
Last year the Latvians of Shanghat arranged a gala celebration on Ferry Road which is still remember-fed by many, but this Invasion of Latvia by. army it is day of sorrow and therefore the Association has, decided to refrain from holding a similar funetion.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.