What other Munich folklore do you know

The Barrel Maker's Dance (Sch?fflertanz), Sch?ffler is a beer barrel maker, a profession that is threatened with extinction as beer brewers increasingly use modern craft kegs, so every seven years between Epiphany and Confessions, the Munich Artisanal Folklore Festival is held, where the dance of the keg makers is a highlight of the festivities. The next one should be held on January 6, 2012.

New Year's Eve: On New Year's Eve, people eat fortune cookie Glückskekse, toast with champagne, drink Silvesterpunsch, a hot drink made from a mixture of spices and red wine, and set off firecrackers and fireworks. In some places people exchange slippers Pantoffelwerfen or count the number of lucky logs, if it is an even number, it means to get married, otherwise you can only stay single. In the suburbs of Munich, little boys ride on wooden horses in camouflage masks to wish for the New Year, and usually if they can sing a song or recite a poem, they are given sweets and pastries by the adults. In the Old Town when the carp, which is the mascot, is served on the table, everyone is asked to find a large scale and put it inside their wallet so that luck will not leave them throughout the year.

Epiphany: On this day, groups of children go door to door singing and drawing the symbols C + M + B in chalk to signify the Lord's blessing on the house

On All Saints' Eve, the children dress up in costume and masks, and go door to door collecting sweets, which they come to the door shouting Sü?es oder Saures or Sü.es ohne Saures, which means "Sweet and bitter will not come". If they don't get candy from the house, the naughty door will be painted with paint that's hard to clean

Oktoberfest: This year's festival runs from September 17 to October 03, 2011 and is a huge carnival. It's a big bash, with a grand youxing procession of representatives from various municipalities and villages throughout Bayern, a ceremony where the mayor opens the first keg of beer, the world's largest and most challenging ride, the Beer Tent, which will be in Munich's Beerplatz, where people from Bayern dress up in their national costumes and people drink all night long, sing and dance. There is also a small beer festival in May each year.