 Whitsun is called "Pfingsten" in German, partly explaining the custom's name; the "—quack" part of the name refers to a rhyme that the children recite as they go door to door begging for money with their gorse-decked wagon.The rhyme generally begins with the line “Quack, Quack, Quack”.Reichweiler holds its kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the "Kerwe") on the second Sunday after Michaelmas (29 September).