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Amusements

Once a year, on the 24th of June to be precise they would hold a market that was referred to as the Spring Market. It was held in a field that had been earmarked for that very purpose. There was a freshwater spring on the property that had been bricked up and fenced in to look like a fountain and served as the center for the market. The market lasted for two days and everyone, both young and old were in attendance, even if they weren't looking to buy anything.

There was also a market that was held in Præstø in the days leading up to Christmas. It was called the Christmas market and people came from miles around in order to attend. 

Count Molke on Bregentved owned 11 estates and was well liked by his peasants. Said peasants pooled their money and ordered a life size copper statue for him as a gift. It cost 4000 crowns and as a thank you the count declared that he would throw a party for 5000 crowns on the day when the statue was supposed to be unveiled. How many thousands of people were in attendance I couldn't say but the gathering was held in the gardens around the Count's castle. The count himself arrived in a cart pulled by four horses. The peasants then unhooked the horses and pulled the wagon the rest of the way up to the castle themselves. 

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The young Baron Ritz Fott from Gavnø owned a multitude of estates and he got married to an English woman. Several years passed before they were able to have a child, but they finally got a son. All of the Baron's peasants and other tenants from all of his properties were invited to the child's christening. Several thousands gathered for this occassion. We ate in the gardens where there had been placed four dance floors and that night we enjoyed fireworks. All of this took place shortly before harvest time and on a nearby field they had dumped several loads of hay so the area acted as a place where people could tie up their horses. However, once the fireworks went off, two to three hundred of the horses tore themselves loose and ran back home. 

During the christening a British officer was holding the child and we were informed that he was in fact the father of the baroness. We all brought gifts and I have never again seen such a large pile of silver coins, there had to have been more than a bushel. The Baron took the money and created a foundation that was meant to help less fortunate children. One year later he asked all of the poor children on his lands to join him at the castle for his son's birthday.