Ob besedi lectarstvo navadno pomislimo na živordeče srčke, kakršne so nekdaj prodajali ob žegnanjih in drugih cerkvenih praznikih.
V srednjem veku je bila lectarska dejavnost skupaj s svečarstvom stranska veja cehovsko organiziranega gozdnega čebelarjenja. Pričevanja o lectarski in svečarski obrti so pri nas znana že iz 14. stoletja. Svoj vrhunec je dosegla v 19. stoletju, ko so se lectarske delavnice selile tudi na podeželje in niso bile samo v velikih mestih kot nekoč. Obrt je cvetela vse do konca stoletja, ko jo je začela počasi izpodrivati slaščičarska dejavnost.
When we say gingerbread making we think about the red coloured hearts, that poor people use to sell during the Christian holidays.
In the middle age gingerbread making and candle work was a secondary branch of apiculture. The telling about gingerbread making and candle work are well known since the 14th century. Its peak happened in the 19th century, when gingerbread making and candle workshops were moved also on the countryside and were not only situated in big towns.
