Savvathkiatika

In the village of Praitori, each pupil had to pay to teachers one endekari (Turkish coin worth eleven piastres) and also one bread, one hundred drams of oil, two hundred drams of broad beans, two hundred drams of beans or black eyed beans (whoever had some), three okas of potatoes or kolokasi/taro root (whoever had some), raki, wine, soutz̆oukos, raisins, portos (a sweet made from boiled grape must, coarsely ground wheat, sesame and spices) and a few olives. These were obligatory. They had to be given to the teacher twice a year, on a Saturday (Savvato), hence, they were called ‘Savvathkiatika’. On Christmas holidays, each pupil would also give the teacher a loaf of bread, rusks and some pork. On Easter again, each pupil would give the teacher rusks and a flaouna (those who could give one) (Stavrinou, 1993 p.21).