At Easter much attention is given in the spanking community to the Czech tradition of whipping girls for good luck. Well, in neighbouring Slovakia they have an even better idea:

Easter Monday is associated with boys pouring water over girls in Slovakia, and in Western Slovakia the tradition also includes the boys whipping the girls with thin willow branches. The tradition was that if the girls wanted to be beautiful, healthy and full of life, they must not try and avoid the water soaking or the whippings.

The Easter whips were made, and still are today, from freshly cut willow branches. It was believed that by whipping the girls with the freshly made whip, all the fertility and life powers from the willow tree would be transferred into the girl. Meanwhile, the water that was sprinkled on the girls was supposed to bring health and beauty.

Somebody must have figured out that a whipping hurts much more on wet skin.

Frankly, the tradition of giving out bags of chocolate holds much more appeal to me.

 (Thanks for the link, Sarah!)

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