Reza a lenda que, numa aldeia portuguesa, vivia uma jovem chamada Mariana que tinha como único desejo na vida o de casar cedo. Tanto rezou a Santa Catarina que a sua vontade se realizou e logo lhe surgiram dois pretendentes: um fidalgo rico e um lavrador pobre, ambos jovens e belos. A jovem voltou a pedir ajuda a Santa Catarina para fazer a escolha certa.
Enquanto estava concentrada na sua oração, bateu à porta Amaro, o lavrador pobre, a pedir-lhe uma resposta e marcando-lhe como data limite o Domingo de Ramos. Passado pouco tempo, naquele mesmo dia, apareceu o fidalgo a pedir-lhe também uma decisão. Mariana não sabia o que fazer.
Chegado o Domingo de Ramos, uma vizinha foi muito aflita avisar Mariana que o fidalgo e o lavrador se tinham encontrado a caminho da sua casa e que, naquele momento, travavam uma luta de morte. Mariana correu até ao lugar onde os dois se defrontavam e foi então que, depois de pedir ajuda a Santa Catarina, Mariana soltou o nome de Amaro, o lavrador pobre.
Na véspera do Domingo de Páscoa, Mariana andava atormentada, porque lhe tinham dito que o fidalgo apareceria no dia do casamento para matar Amaro. Mariana rezou a Santa Catarina e a imagem da Santa, ao que parece, sorriu-lhe.
No dia seguinte, Mariana foi pôr flores no altar da Santa e, quando chegou a casa, verificou que, em cima da mesa, estava um grande bolo com ovos inteiros, rodeado de flores, as mesmas que Mariana tinha posto no altar. Correu para casa de Amaro, mas encontrou-o no caminho e este contou-lhe que também tinha recebido um bolo semelhante.
Pensando ter sido ideia do fidalgo, dirigiram-se a sua casa para lhe agradecer, mas este também tinha recebido o mesmo tipo de bolo. Mariana ficou convencida de que tudo tinha sido obra de Santa Catarina.
Inicialmente chamado de folore , o bolo veio, com o tempo, a ficar conhecido como folar e tornou-se numa tradição que celebra a amizade e a reconciliação. Durante as festividades cristãs da Páscoa, os afilhados costumam levar, no Domingo de Ramos, um ramo de violetas à madrinha de baptismo e esta, no Domingo de Páscoa, oferece-lhe em retribuição um folar.
Legend has it that in a Portuguese village there lived a young woman named Mariana whose only desire in life was to marry early. So much he prayed to Santa Catarina that his will was fulfilled and soon two suitors appeared to him: a rich nobleman and a poor farmer, both young and beautiful. The young woman again asked Santa Catarina for help to make the right choice.
While she was concentrating on her prayer, she knocked at Amaro, the poor farmer, asking him for an answer and marking her Palm Sunday as the deadline. After a short time, on that same day, the gentleman appeared and also asked for a decision. Mariana did not know what to do.
On Palm Sunday, a neighbor was very anxious to warn Mariana that the gentleman and the farmer had found their way to their house and that, at that moment, they were waging a death struggle. Mariana ran to the place where the two faced each other and it was then that, after asking for help from Santa Catarina, Mariana gave the name of Amaro, the poor farmer.
On the eve of Easter Sunday, Mariana was in torment, because she had been told that the gentleman would appear on the wedding day to kill Amaro. Mariana prayed to Saint Catherine and the image of the Saint, it seems, smiled at her.
The next day, Mariana went to put flowers on the altar of the Saint, and when she reached the house, she noticed that on the table was a large cake with whole eggs, surrounded by flowers, the same ones Mariana had placed on the altar. He ran to Amaro's house, but found him on the way and he told him that he had received a similar cake.
Thinking it was the gentleman's idea, they went to his house to thank him, but he had also received the same type of cake. Mariana was convinced that everything had been the work of Santa Catarina.
Initially called folore, the cake came, in time, to become known as folar and has become a tradition that celebrates friendship and reconciliation. During the Christian holidays of Easter, the godchildren usually bring a branch of violets to the godmother of baptism on Palm Sunday, and on Easter Sunday, she offers him a retreat in return.