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: Slightly bavarianized german holiday file.
: by Burkhard Ludwig <ludwig@zfe.siemens.de>
:

: Rearranged and bavaricized version of holiday_german:

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: Hints (to be understood by germans):
:
: Schwalben...
:  An OCULI da kommen sie
:  An MARIÄ GEBURT, da sind sie wieder furt.
: Geranien...
:  pflanzt man auf dem Balkon nach den Eisheiligen (PANKRAZ bis kalte SOPHIE)
: Gänse...
:  Wer einen guten Braten macht hat auch ein gutes Herz. (MARTINI)
: Spargel...
:  wird bis höchstens JOHANNI gestochen.
: Regen...
:  Wenns ans SIEBENSCHLÄFER regnet, so regnet's sieben Wochen.
:

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: 2) Holidays which are known by the usual pagan too. 
:    (Since its vacation or sentimental or the like)
:

small        "Neujahr"             weekend on 1.1.
small        "Hl.3 Könige"         weekend on 6.1.
small        "Rosenmontag"                 on easter minus 48 days
small        "Fasching"                    on easter minus 47 days
small        "Aschermittwoch"              on easter minus 46 days
small        "Karfreitag"          weekend on easter minus  2 days
small        "Ostern"              weekend on easter length 2 days
small        "Pfingsten"           weekend on easter plus 49 days length 2 days
small        "Christi Himmelfahrt" weekend on easter plus 39 days
small        "Mariä Himmelfahrt"   weekend on 15.8
small        "Fronleichnam"        weekend on easter plus 60 days
small        "1.Mai"               weekend on 1.5.
small        "Einheistag"          weekend on 3.10.
small        "Allerheiligen"       weekend on 1.11.
small        "Buß- und Bettag"     weekend on sunday before 24.12. minus 32 days
small        "Hl. Abend"                   on 24.12.
small        "Weihnachten"         weekend on 25.12. length 2 days
small        "Sylvester"                   on 31.12.

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: 3) Devil's Grandmothers Days
: 
      blue   "Sommerzeit"                  on last sunday in march
      blue   "Winterzeit"                  on last sunday in october
:   
: 4) Ecclestiastica
:

small black  "1. Advent"                   on sunday before 24.12. minus 21 days
small black  "2. Advent"                   on sunday before 24.12. minus 14 days
small black  "3. Advent"                   on sunday before 24.12. minus  7 days
small black  "4. Advent"                   on sunday before 24.12.
small black  "1. Fastensonntag"            on easter minus 42 days 
small black  "2. Fastensonntag"            on easter minus 35 days 
small black  "3. Fastensonntag"            on easter minus 28 days 
      blue   "Oculi"                       on easter minus 28 days
small black  "4. Fastensonntag"            on easter minus 21 days 
small black  "5. Fastensonntag"            on easter minus 14 days 
small black  "Palmsonntag"                 on easter minus  7 days
small black  "Christkönig"                 on sunday before 23.12. minus 28 days

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: 5) Selected saints
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small black  "Lichtmeß"                    on  2.2.
small black  "Pankraz"                     on 11.5.
small black  "Servaz"                      on 12.5.
small black  "Bonifaz"                     on 13.5.
small black  "Sophie"                      on 14.5.
small black  "Johanni"                     on 24.6.
small black  "Siebenschläfer"              on 27.6.
small black  "Mariä Geburt"                on  8.9.
small black  "Martini"                     on 11.11.
small black  "Nikolaus"                    on  6.12.

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: 6) Commercials --- beware   
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small black  "Muttertag"                   on second sunday in may
small black  "1. Wies'nsonntag"            on first sunday in october minus 14 days

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: 7) US holidays (any which seems to be of a weekend type)  
:
      yellow "M.L.King Birthday"           on third monday in january
      yellow "President's Day"             on third monday in february
      yellow "Memorial Day"                on last monday in may
      yellow "Independence Day"            on july 4
      yellow "Labor Day"                   on first monday in september
      yellow "Columbus Day"                on second monday in october
      yellow "Veteran's Day"               on november 11
      yellow "Thanksgiving"                on fourth thursday in november
      yellow "Halloween"                   on october 31

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: My usual vacation
:  

small green  "Karwoche"                    on easter minus 6days length 6 days


