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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font size="2"> </font></p><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">From: </font><span class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color:#00681c">Hellinckx Luc</span> <span class="go"><a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a></span></span><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><br>
Subject: </font><span class="gI">LL-L "Etymology"</span><br><br>Beste Pat & Ron,<div><br></div><div><br><div><div>You wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>
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<span>Reinhard/Ron asked</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>“I wonder why in some Low Saxon dialects the word for "superstition" (Dutch <i>bijgeloof</i>, Limburgish <i>biegelouf</i>, German <i>Aberglauben</i>) is <i>Höhnergloven</i>
[ˈhœʏnɐˌglɔʊvm̩] ~ [ˈhɔɪnɐˌglɔʊbm̩], literally "chicken belief". Is the
reference to "chickens" meant to devalue the belief, or is there an old
custom behind it all?<br>“</span></p><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><br></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I am reminded of “Mother Goose” stories, which I think is a translation from French.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>More information here: <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BChnergott" target="_blank">Hühnergott – Wikipedia</a></div><div><br></div><div>Kind greetings,</div><div><br>
</div><font color="#888888"><div>Luc Hellinckx, Halle, Belgium</div></font></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(148, 54, 52);"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">----------<br><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(148, 54, 52);"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><br><span style="color: rgb(148, 54, 52);"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">From: R. F. Hahn <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></font><font size="2"><br>
Subject: <span><span></span></span><span>Etymology</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><font size="2"><span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal">Wow! Thanks, Luc!<br><br>So, folks, what is an "adder stone" in English and <i>adderstanes</i> in Scots (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adder_stone">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adder_stone</a>) is a <i>Hühnergott</i> ("chicken/poultry god") in German. There seems to be a Slavic link (Russian <i>куриный бог</i>, Ukrainian <i>курячий бог</i> "chicken/poultry god"), if not origin, where these and other types of stones served as talismans. The adder stone played an important role among Druids.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br><font size="2"><span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal">Seattle, USA<br><font size="2"><span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2"><span><br>
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