Comments on: #146 – Pussy Willows and the Euchatastrophe http://catholicunderthehood.com/2008/03/17/146-pussy-willows-and-the-euchatastrophe/ Catholic faith and history from a Franciscan perspective Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:48:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Helen http://catholicunderthehood.com/2008/03/17/146-pussy-willows-and-the-euchatastrophe/#comment-3918 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:34:40 +0000 http://sbeshonertor.wordpress.com/?p=246#comment-3918 My parents are from Slovakia (right next door to Austria) and they always had pussywillows instead of palms at Easter. The reason for this is that most of Slovakia is made up of pretty small and isolated villages and it would have been very hard to get palms many years ago when they were growing up. It’s a Slovak tradition that still carries on today.

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