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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: <span class="gD" name="Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong">Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:Dutchmatters@comcast.net">Dutchmatters@comcast.net</a>></span></font><br>

<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: LL-L "Etymology?" 2013.02.06 ?(01) [DE-NDS]<br><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Re: Mumme<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Aha Hanne, I learned something today!. In Philadelphia on NewYears Day there is a large parade which is called The Mummers parade. There are marching bands and people are dressed up in the most interesting costumes and march along the streets of the city. Sometimes they even put on all kinds of entertainment, like juggling and dancing. I bet you that these Mummers found their origins in your “Mumme”. Come to think of it there is this Dutch verb “vermommen” which means in English to dress up and also to conceal. There is also a Dutch expression “onder het mom van” which means in English under the guise of… And then there is the Dutch noun “mombakkes” which means a bizarre mask and has the pejorative meaning of ugly face. This last meaning is described in my Dutch etymological dictionary as having been drived from a Spanish/Portuguese word for grin (momo). There are also an old Frisian word “momer” which means to put on a mask which obviously has the same root! I have somehow the feeling that your “Strohwish” is the granddaddy of them all and could go way back to pre-Christian times. <u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">What a fun word. Thank you<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt">Jacqueline BdJ<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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