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Karawaka Traditional Cache

Hidden : 9/12/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

[PL] Krzyz amulet ze wsi Jeziory
[EN] Cross amulet from the village Jeziory



[PL] Karawaka , inaczej krzyz choleryczny, krzyz morowy - krzyz amulet, wedlug wierzen chroniacy przed wypadkami i naglymi zgonami, klatwami, kradziezami, burzami, piorunami. Leczy bezsennosc. W Polsce popularny byl jako krzyz chroniacy przed zaraza - zwlaszcza pod koniec XVIII, w XIX i na poczatku XX wieku. Ten konkretny stoi przy drodze prowadzacej ze wsi Jeziory do Jeziórki, nieopodal dawnego traktu do Ulenca. Nie udalo mi sie ustalic kiedy zostal ustawiony, byc moze w XIX albo na poczatku XX wieku, kiedy w ziemi grójeckiej szalaly epidemie cholery.
Skrzynka zostala ukryta kilka metrów od krzyza

[EN] Karawaka , otherwise choleric cross, plague cross - a amulet, according to the beliefs, protecting against accidents and sudden deaths, curses, theft, storms, lightning. Cures insomnia. In Poland, he was popular as protection against the plague - especially at the end of the eighteenth, the nineteenth and early twentieth century. This particular is on the road leading from the village Jeziory to Jeziróka, near the old way to Uleniec. I was unable to determine when it was set up, perhaps in the nineteenth or early twentieth century, when in the county Grójec, cholera epidemics raged.
Cache was hidden a few meters from the cross

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[PL] J xbemravnpu hcnqyrtb [EN] Va gur ebbg'f bs snyra

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)