Slovak Easter--Whipping and Dunking?

Happy Easter!  I asked our family friend, Maria, what the Easter tradition in her country of Slovakia is.  Here is her email response:

Our Easter tradition? Well we eat something green like spinach or salad on Thursday, because it is called Green Thursday here,  we don't eat anything on Good Friday and on Easter Sunday we have a cake in the shape of a lamb. And for the Monday after that we do the weirdest thing:) Of course, our family doesn't do this!

Easter Monday boys pour water over girls in Slovakia, and in Western Slovakia the tradition also includes the boys whipping the girls with thin willow branches. The tradition was that if the girls wanted to be beautiful, healthy and full of life, they must not try and avoid the water soaking or the whippings. 
(Surely beautiful Maria and her three lovely, delightful sisters must have been to this  Easter Monday 'spa' at some point) (And I can't imagine how their lone brother would have wanted to miss all this fun!)