frick

frick RELIGION AND BELIEF, CULTURE — A religious object. Fricks are festival chimes hung during → Sauingrey to protect households from the roaming → faye or spirits of the dead. Often handmade out of common items, such as metal, pottery, or seashells, they are elaborately decorated with paint and trinkets. The sound is believed to ward off mischievous spirits, faye, and dead alike, and is a favorite custom among children. The custom originated as part of several religious practices.

Illustration by Logan Peyman. The Scarecrow Hunters, “Chapter Two: Itchy Suspicion”