 Easter Monday is a Christian holiday celebrated the next day after Easter Sunday.
In Poland and parts of the United States, it is called Dyngus Day. In the Eastern Orthodox
Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite, Easter Monday is known
as Bright or Renewal Monday, and is the second day of Bright Week.
Christian people would add fragrant oil or perfume to the water they brought home
from church, and then use this water to sprinkle and bless their food, pets,
gardens and homes.
On Monday morning, Christian men would wake their wives with a spritz of the perfumed water as
they whispered, "May you never wither". On Easter Tuesday, women would return the favor as they
awakened their husbands with a bucketful of the scented water!
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