Turoń





Say! Here's something strange and bizarre! 
Behold! Turoń! 
The Festive Monstrosity in the Form of a black horned shaggy Animal 
with a flopping Jaw! 
According to Polish Folklore, 
a Person covered himself with cloth sheet or sheep skin, holding a wooden pole in front of them, topped with a bull's head with flopping jaw, horns (sometimes real ones – bovine – or simply, wooden ones), the head covered with 
rabbit skin or some other Animal Skin Part of the Ritual in Poland.
The People of Poland also sang this Song about Turoń. 
Idź, turoniu, do domu
nie zawadzaj nikomu
nie tuś się wychował
nie tu będziesz nocował
Which loosely translates as:
Go now, Turoń, go Home
Don't you bother any more Souls
Here's not the Place you live
This not the Place you shall sleep
The Word for tur is meaning Aurochs. 




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