Traditional dolls

This is the last day of linen harvesting this year. The fields are mainly empty. Now all the bundles are tied and soaked, almost ready for layering open air. We saw with our eyes an amazing tradition of harvesters - taking special hand-made dolls to the field work. One of the harvesters told me the meaning of this tradition. "Going to the mowing, our ancestors took with them three «Pokosnicy» dolls or Mowing dolls. One of them was placed on the first stack. The second was made to protect the hands of mowers from injuries. A third one as made for children to play, until parents are busy with mowing». So still groups of mowers, even when the process is mechanized, take three little dolls to the fields. We are very inspired by the depth of history of that tradition!