DAY OF KINGS
CELEBRATION IN FRANCE. Twelfth, January 6, in France, the "Jour des Rois.” day of kings, is celebrated in every family by the eating of a large flat round cake of flakey pastry, known as a "galette.” It is cut into as many parts as there are members of the family and friends present, and in one of the parts is the “feve,” or bean, which generally takes the form of a little china doll or fish about three-quarters of an inch long. As the cake is carefully and slowly eaten everyone is looking round the table to see who has found the bean, and he or she is proclaimed king or queen. The finder must choose a royal consort, marking the choice by dropping the bean into the chosen one’s glass. All glasses are then filled and everyone drinks to the health of the king and queen, with cries of "Vive le Roi!” "Vive la Reine!” Paper crowns of gilt paper for the king and silver paper for the queen are worn.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1939, Page 9
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175DAY OF KINGS Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1939, Page 9
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