Ruth Deutschmann

Benjamin Epp

Pflersch

2008-05-12

On Valentine's Day is the Church more and more as a fully .- And it is, I must say, quite a lot of young folks as even. And because folks come from all over, mainly the South Tyrol. They come mostly from Racines, - you must think of - Pfitsch, Ritnaun, Flersch, from anywhere. And of Tyrol near the burner come also. And who is ordained, the Valentin is the holy patron of cattle. And thus to the people, in the earlier so tight in there, because there are the South Tyrol and North Tyrol taken, mainly the peasants, the peasants. There are also restaurant people already there, too, because of smuggling. And since then has been discussed already, who sold in the spring of sheep or goats, goats or cattle. And there's been about gsprochen of: If there is no snow, then we buy the cattle and drive back across the border inside, At the time, the cattle in Italy, we say South Tyrol. .. been much more expensive than here in Austria, so the cattle were smuggled always yes. And by the Valentin is still so great. The day is really well preserved. As I said, I was last year's top game in February, and since I'm only surprised as many people are there. There is Gossensaß of the band and a dream choir. And there are always two clergymen. The church takes quite long, they have to do it twice, and talk to Talian for South Tyrolean German. The clergy must speak the most part, "Walsch" a, Italian. By which the Church takes longer, but that is the same. And afterwards, the church is from when the church is. Then a large procession. As people go all out of the church, and they go to the border and the border, they go back inside the top. Over there you go even below the station, next to the station on the road and goes over the top you come in to church again. And there are the people with them all. And there is music and there is music that is really something else, as it was 100 years ago. Since the customs officers have always amazed and looked, and the Carabinieri, because there are so been on the burner masses Carabinieri. Too bad, because there are still all above the barracks. They're been more than full. Since the customs officers and carabinieri have with the families above normal. Today so many barracks are empty, in the EU, the majority do not. And before everything was full. On Vallentinstag one is also gone from Austria on the border. It has bought some tobacco and Zigretten and taken some wine. Then they gave one a wine that you've earned a little. After you have bought a few packs of cigarettes. One is from the Valentine's home. It go to the Valentine's Day, I must say, probably most of the people, the vast majority, into the top of the inns. And as the Mayor of Gossensaß - there is only one Mayor Brenner, Gossensaß Pflersch and that is a church! And there is a mayor. - .. has usually placed on every table in every restaurant a liter of wine on the table. But now has changed so much here, because the drivers can not drink. And therefore are largely in the church then only a few people more.