On the 29th of Scheiding we celebrate the Germanic Wodan's day.
Thanksgiving festival for the entire harvest in honor of Wotan/Odin
Harvest customs include calling on Wodan during the harvest and at the harvest festival "for good grain next year."
A small part of the field is not mown, the ears of corn are tied together and sprinkled with water. The reapers turn their scythes and whetstones to the bunch of ears of corn and call on the god Wodan three times:
Wode, Wode,Hale dinem Rosse nu Foder.
Du thistle un thorn:
Tom anden Jahr beter Korn.
For Wodan's horse "Sleipnir" a wreath is made of ears of corn with flowers woven into it; this wreath is then watered by the wreath makers. The god Wodan is also called upon during the water blessing. The words "Du Distel un Dorn ..." are a request for a better harvest in the coming year. - Where thistles and thorns grew this year, there will be plenty of grain. The wreath is given to the lord of the manor. Wodan's day is to be understood as a consecration and sacrificial festival, which we celebrate with sacred pagan rituals and customs.
On the 30th of September, the harvest festival is celebrated following Wodan's day, and the festivities merge into one another.
Source:
"Handbuch der Deutschen Mythologie" by Professor Dr. Karl Simrock, page 598, Verlag Adolf Marcus, Bonn, 1878 edition.
"Die deutschen Opfergebräuche bei Ackerbau und Viehzucht" by Dr. Ulrich Jahn, page 164, Verlag Koebner, 1884 edition