On Midsummer Day morning, the sun is attributed with wonderful properties: it rises silvery or multicoloured and adorns the sky. On Midsummer morning, before sunrise, the farmer must walk around the fields dressed in black to ensure a good harvest.
In many places, it was believed that the morning dew had healing powers, so people washed themselves in it. People walked through the dew, believing that they would then have money in their pockets. Women washed and rolled in the dew to ...