Mahuffer's aka Sloppy John's in Indian Shores, Florida,
wishes you a
Happy Dyngus Day!!
Easter Monday
The Day when Everybody
is a Little Polish!!
What on earth is Dyngus Day?
There is one day in the year when the consumption of water in Poland shoots up. This is
Easter Monday, and it is due to an ancient custom which is still observed both in villages
and cities. It is a delightful tradition, Dyngus or Smigus as this custom is called. There
are two versions: one amiable and elegant when it is only a matter of a gentle sprinkling
with water or scent, the other quite merciless when whole bucketful's come into play.
The custom of pouring water is an ancient spring rite of cleansing, purification, and
fertility. The pagan Poles bickered with nature — Dingen — by means of pouring
water and switching with willows to make themselves pure and worthy of the coming year.
Tradition also states that the first Polish ruler Prince Mieszko The First (960-992),
along with his court was baptized on Easter Monday in 966.
The first recorded Polish writing on Dyngus dates back to the Middle Ages. A Polish
historian wrote of what he called the Oblewania. "It is the universal custom, among
the common masses as well as among the distinguished, for men to soak the women on Easter
Monday. On Tuesday, and every day thereafter until the time of the Green Holidays —
Pentecost — the women doused the men."
Dyngus began somewhat around five in the morning, and the custom demanded that the house where the women
slept be secretly invaded. The men crept through a window or through a chimney.
Sometimes the male head of the house himself, in collusion with the perpetrators, let the men into the house
himself to have his women folk abruptly awakened and doused liberally with water. The
spirit of Dyngus is described in this lively description from the Poznan region during
1800s:
"Barely had the day dawned on Easter Monday when I woke the boys and gathered some
water to start throwing it on the girls. Up with the Piwezyny! (eiderdown)! There was
screaming, shouting, and confusion. The girls are shrieking and hollering, but in their
hearts they are glad because they know that she who isn't gotten wet will not be married
that year. And the more they are annoyed, the more we dump water on them calling, Dyngus
— Smigus! Then we had to change our clothes because there wasn't a dry thread on the
girls and we boys were not better off."
Don't miss the Fun!!!
Party: Easter Monday, April 21, 2003
Free Kielbasa and Sauerkraut!
Free Water Pistols!
Free Pussy Willows!
Free Polish Entertainment!
If you're telling yourself: "What do I care? I'm not polish",
forget it, after all, we all have a little polack in us!!
We even designed a T-shirt for this occasion.
Get it early so that you're properly dressed for Dyngus Day!!
Design # 5B
Design # 5A
Click on the pictures to see the full image. Use the "Back" Button to return to this page.
Choose either or both designs for front and or back.
Order on line or call 727-596-0226 to place your order.
Bring your Water Guns, we supply the Water,
BUT Absolutely NO SOAKERS!!
By the way, how do you get a one armed polack out of a tree????
You wave to him!
Did you hear about the Pole that went out and bought 4 snow tires????
They melted on the way home!
Did you hear how the polish hockey team drowned?
Spring training!
What happens when a pole doesn't pay his garbage bill????
They stop delivering!
Did you hear about the polish abortion clinic????
It has a year long waiting list!
Polish
Joke Off Contest!!
Start polishing up on your polish jokes.
Prizes and Surprises!
