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Påskkärringar in Sweden Posted by on Apr 5, 2012

Most of you have probably heard of the Swedish witches who fly on their broomsticks to Blåkulla (blue hill) on the Thursday before Easter called Skärtorsdag in Swedish. Today.   The tradition is for children to dress up as these witches, Påskharar (easter bunnies) or even black cats (though I think they are quite rare)…

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