National Sleepy Head Day

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National Sleepy Head Day is celebrated in Naantali, Finland on July 27 every year. Traditionally on this day, the last person in the house (also dubbed as the 'laziest') to wake up is woken up using water, either by being thrown into a lake or the sea, or by having water thrown on them.[1] It is based on the story of the Saints of Ephesus who slept in a cave for some 200 years during the Middle Ages whilst hiding from persecution by Decius, the Roman Emperor at the time.[2]

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  1. ^ Sleepy Head Day in Finland www.scandinavica.com. Retrieved on July 28, 2007.
  2. ^ Sleepyhead Day's long history www.finnlines.fi. Retrieved on July 28, 2007.
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