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The Friday before the Easter is called the Great Friday. Also named “the Friday of sufferings”, it is the day when Jesus was crucified. People don’t eat on this day, as it is believed that doing that they will be healthy and they will know they’ll dye three days before.
The tradition recommends that you step on a piece of iron when you wake up, in order to be protected from bruises. If you bathe in the river before the sun rises, you won’t suffer from bone illness. In Bucovina it is said that who bathes three times in a cold river will be healthy all year long. (In fact in the region where I live usualy we do not do that nowerdays)
People go to church to confess.
Bread may not be baked, the earth may not be ploughed and trees may not be planted, as they won’t fruit.
The Small Fountain
In some regions, on the Friday before the Easter week, water springs are searched for, wells are built and cleaned. All these are done as it is believed that those springs and fountain will have plenty of water and won’t dry. ( I remember my grandmother used to do that with the fountain they had in thir courtyard)
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