Customs & Traditions Archieven

Witchcraft

“They flew on broomsticks and gathered in the Aalter Es.”

There was music in a few cafés, and only a few people appeared on the streets in jester costumes.

In 1937, G.H. Rots wrote about farm life in Aalten in the past.

Most women in earlier times had to carry out a great deal of heavy work.

They had been courting for a long time. ‘It had to happen.’

She could tell you exactly what metworst was and how it was made (1934).

Nieuwe Aaltensche Courant, 2 December 1921

Aaltensche Courant, 24 September 1904

Bredevoort, 1675