A very old custom is “Weiberfastnacht” or „Altweiberfasching“. This holiday is the third Thursday of the month in February, before Ash Wednesday in the Karneval season, and celebrated mostly in the Rheinland area It was originally a day for women, now also celebrated by both sexes, as the beginning of the six-day peak of the carnival season. Remnants of the original purpose are that women … Continue reading Weiberfastnacht, a day Women go crazy