The wording of this well-wishing may vary, but its intention is always the same, to invoke happiness and prosperity. The "polaznik" will then throw a coin into the fire before being presented with a round loaf of bread, the traditional gift for the "polaznik", usually accompanied by some other present. The custom to use a domestic animal as a "polaznik" was kept in some regions until the first half of the 20th century. In Rađevina, the head of the household would lead a sheep into the house, place it between the "ognjište" and himself, and utter the wishes while striking the "badnjak" with a branch cut from it, before saying: "We passed one fire, we are not afraid of another." His wife would then kiss him over the sheep after saying "may the ewes kiss the lambs as we kiss each other."