Postcard Throwing a Shoe Christmas Tradition (M9007)

Catalog number: M9007

Old postcard - Throwing a slipper, Czech Christmas custom, ethnography

I am offering a collector's postcard with a motif of a traditional Czech custom - throwing a slipper on Christmas Eve. The postcard reproduces a painting by Joza Koudelka and depicts three girls in costumes during a Christmas custom, which was a symbol of a girl's wish to get married. In the lower left corner is the name of the motif and the name of the painter. On the back is a legibly written Czech text, including a beautiful New Year's wish, addressed to Vienna. The postcard is franked with an Austro-Hungarian stamp with a postmark. This is an authentic document of folk traditions and customs from the early 20th century. A great collector's item with ethnographic value, also suitable as a gift for lovers of history, folklore and old postcards.

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