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From: "heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk" <heatherrendall at tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "History" 2007.09.10 (05) [D/E]

Elsie Zinsser wrote:

Some German names found in the Cape.

On the same kind of theme but closer to home ( here in the UK I mean) does
anyone know of any German language influences on Irish / Irish English left
by the Protestant settlers from the Rheinland Pfalz c 1706/7?

The only thing I have ever come across is a folk tale heard in Northern
Ireland / Ulster about Aspittel, who had to look after the house and was
bullied by her 2 older sisters... and eventually of course wins the hand of
the prince!

In English Cinderella and German Aschenputtel

Names still abound: my family's was Schwitzer or Schweitzer from Newcastle
West & Croome in Limerick.

Heather

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: History

Heather et al.,

Here's an additional Lowlands note:

The Northern Low Saxon name for Cinderella is Aschenpüüstersch
(['aSnpy:st3S]).

My etymological stab at it is that it means "ash blower" (with the feminine
ending -sch < -sche).

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron
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