Superstitious Saturday Candles
The tradition of extinquishing candles on
a birthday cake by blowing on them is believed to come from the ancient Greeks. Thy baked round
cakes and would add candles to them when they sought to ask Artemis (the moon
goddess) for favors. The round shape of the cake represented the moon. In
addition, the rising smoke from the candles was said to carry wishes upward to
the gods.
Then there is the idea that this
tradition started instead with the Germans in 1746 when Count Ludwig Von
Zinzindorf celebrated his birthday with a great festival that included a cake
adorned with candles. According to https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54069/why-do-we-blow-out-candles-birthday-cakes:
“The
Germans also celebrated with birthday candles during Kinderfest,
a birthday celebration for children in the 1700s. A single birthday candle was
lit and placed on the cake to symbolize the “light of life.”
Today’s superstition of blowing out
candles also includes the idea that if you tell anyone what you wished for it
will instead bring bad luck. Scary.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Superstitious Secret #201:
“Blowing out birthday candles is believed to come from
the Greeks.”
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“With
mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
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