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Traveling with the laborers of the past

Stonecutters

The Lemnians stonecutters, who were known artisans of the stone, left excellent samples of their art in Myrina and the villages of the island. The stone from the village Romanou, was very popular as well as its stonecutters, for temples, columns, and bell towers .After the war, most of the stonecutters of Limnos have turned to agriculture for a living and later, the brick and the cement replaced stone as the island's main building material.

The millers of sesame

The inhabitants in Limnos used to cultivate sesame systematically, which was the raw material for tahini and halva. In the summer the farmers mowed the plant by hand, sifted the wrist and bring it to the sesame mills.

Traditional sesame mills are preserved in Varos and Lichna, while some parts of an old mill are preserved in Kontopouli.

Sericulturists

The sericulturists of Limnos, until the beginning of 20th century, were engaged with the breeding of silkworms for the production of silk.

The whole process was a family affair, the workshop where they reared the vermin was the home of the sericulturist while women had the main duty to feed with mulberry leaves and raise the larva, until the ' silkworm ' give the cocoon with the valuable thread.

Gradually the mulberry trees became fewer on the island and the silk was replaced by the cotton and recently by synthetic fabrics.

Barrel makers

The barrel makers in Limnos used to make handmade waterproof wooden barrels for the wine makers.

Today, the profession of the barrel maker has become extinct in Limnos, as French oak barrels replaced the handmade ones in the cellars of the island’s wineries.

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Customs and traditions

Christmas in Limnos

On Christmas and New Year's Eve the children are knocking at the doors of the houses to say carols, holding a paper boat. The housewives are offering treats, such as cookies, chestnuts and walnuts.

In Plati, fathers step on a pomegranate at their doorsteps, for luck. On the same day, in Kontias the whole family will step on the “sideriko”,which is an iron object placed under the front-door mat, so that the whole family would have health as strong as "iron" during the upcoming year.

Theophania

Almost in all villages on the island, the night before Theophania, the villagers are strolling around the village saying the local carols. The landlords are offering them lemnian treats.

Easter in Limnos

Easter in Limnos definitely means red eggs and «lamprokouloures». It means the Crist’s pie at the church of Kondias in Good Friday evenings. It also means the pilgrimage in many churches for the best decorated Epitaph.

If you are invited to a lemnian house at easter or the day after, you will taste the traditional lamb or stuffed kid with liver, rice, raisins and almonds baked in the oven.

On Tuesday after Easter, go uphill to the Church of Panagia Kakaviotissa, a few kilometers from Myrina, who has a feast that day.