LL-L: "Technological heritage" [D/E/LS] LOWLANDS-L, 20.SEP.1999 (03)

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From: RVZSTERN at aol.com
Subject: LL-L: "Technological heritage" [A/D/E] LOWLANDS-L,18.SEP.199...

Bij ons thuis was een goede stoof doorgaans van eikehout gemaakt, en binnenin
was er een aardewerken potje voor de kolen; de naam voor dat potje ben ik
vergeten. Toen ik kind was ( ben geboren in 1949), woonden wij 'szomers in de
stookhut van onze boerderij vanwege alle drukte en rommel rondom het hooi
seizoen. Als het wat kouder werd in de herfst en we daar nog wel zaten te
eten, hadden we soms een veel grotere stoof ven metaal met warme kolen erin;
Er was voldoende ruimte voor 4 mensen om hun voeten te warmen; ik geloof dat
mijn moeder het idee van die gemeenschappelijke stoof had ontwikkeld en haar
kennende, zou ze het ook wel eens gemaakt kunnen hebben. 'k Zal haar eens
vragen als ze op bezoek komt in een paar weken. 'k Hoop dat dit helpt.
Roeliena Van Zanten, Bainbridge Island, N.Y.

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From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
Subject: Technological heritage

[The following is in Low Saxon (Low German) and English.]

Leve Leeglanners,

Wo heett de Hultstang, mit de de Lüüd' in ole Tieden jüm er Lasten (besünners in
Ammers or Körv) över de Schuller dragen (t.B. de "Hummel", de Waterdreger vun
Hamborg)?  Ick will jümmers "Dracht" seggen, man ick weet nich, of dat richtig
is.  ("Dracht" kann ook "Kledaasch" or "dat wat dragen ward" bedüden.)  Wo heett
düsse Hultstang in annere Spraken?

Gröten,

Reinhard/Ron

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Dear Lowlanders,

This is about an old-time carrying device and its name, both in Low Saxon (Low
German) and other Lowlands languages.  I want to call it _Dracht_ but am not
sure if this is correct.   (_Dracht_ (< _dragt_ < /drag-d/) -- related to
/draag-/ 'to carry' -- also means (1) '(regional) costume' or (2) 'that which is
carried/borne (e.g., by vehicles, by beasts of burden, or by trees)').

Essentially, we are talking about a "glorified" version of what in Eastern Asia
tends to be simply a bamboo carrying pole that rests on one or both shoulders
(oftentimes on padding) and usually has at each end a suspended bucket or basket
in which goods are transported.  (The Mandarin name of the carrying/shoulder
pole is _bian3dan_, sometimes _gang4bang4_.)  The Lowlands version I know (from
Northern Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark) tends to be a carved wooden
plank-like device, much like a harness, that can only be carried with both
shoulders, with moulding for the shoulders and the back of the neck carved into
it for comfort.  At both ends there tends to be a hook, with or without a chain,
and buckets or baskets are hung from it.  (This device can be seen in the
picture of Hamborg/Hamburg's mascot, the water carrier known as "Hummel.")

Thanks for letting me know about the name(s) and regional versions of this
device.

Regards,

Reinhard/Ron

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