Bleigiessen or Lead Pouring - A German New Year's Eve Tradition
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Make it in Germany on X: #NewYearsDay 🎇🎆 Are you familiar with #German traditions? “Lead pouring” (das Bleigießen) is an old practice using molten lead to predict the future. For instance, if
Bleigiessen which literally translates to “lead pouring” is a New Year's Eve or Silvester tradition in Germany, Austria and Switzerland is a
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Wachsgiessen Set Bleigießen Alterative Wax Pour German New Year's Tradition
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Bleigiessen: The German Way of Predicting the New Year… – One German American Girl
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New Year's Eve: Comparing German and Spanish Traditions
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German New Year's Eve Traditions
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Low Temp Melting metal! Melts over a Candle German New Year's Tradition
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Bleigießen ”Lead Pour” Molybdomancy Metal “Lead Pouring” Metallurgy, Lead Free! Zinngießen, Chemistry Sample
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