LL-L "Holidays" 2007.12.08 (03) [E/S]

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L O W L A N D S - L  -  08 December 2007 - Volume 03
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From: Wesley Parish <wes.parish at paradise.net.nz>
Subject: LL-L "Holidays" 2007.12.07 (03) [E]

Ron,

I am betting your father was the cause of much amusement to the neighbouring
fathers, when their disappointed offspring complained that the Pingstbull
hadn't left anything behind for them ... I assume that the relevant earthy
idiom is the same in English, Low Saxon and German?

I take my hat off to your father.  That is real genius!

Wesley Parish

On Saturday 08 December 2007 05:01, Lowlands-L List wrote:
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> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Holidays
>
<snip>
> So you are one of those guys that goes around scaring little kids, I see.

And cracking mirrors ... ;)
>
> When I was little (again eons ago) I once asked my father, if the Easter
> Bunny (LS *Oosterhaas'*, G. *Osterhase*) comes and brings gifts on Easter
> (LS *Oostern*, western dialects *Paas(k)en* or *Paaschen*, G. *Ostern*)
> what animal is involved on Pentecost/Whitsuntide (LS *Pingsten*, G.
> *Pfingsten*) soon thereafter. Straight-faced and without hesitation he
> replied it was, of course, the Whitsun Bull (LS *Pingstbull*, G.
> *Pfingstbulle*). And I swallowed that without hesitation. Not only that,
> but I spread the news among neighborhood children. So for one season at
> least a good number of children waited for the bull to come and wondered
> what sorts of gifts he would bring ...
>
> Regards,
> Reinhard/Ron

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

Thanks, Wes.

Well, perhaps I got my occasionally surfacing irreverent streak from my
father. From my mother it sure ain't.

"Genius"? I don't know about that, especially coming from the very inventor
of the Anti-Claus concept himself -- which I consider on a par with, if not
superior to, the Hanukkah Armadillo concept (http://tinyurl.com/2elqxm).

So what do you think about the gilded lily (with a touch of Pacific Rim)
"Santa Jaws"?
(For those that need help: "Jaws" = a movie about shark attacks)

An nou a speir fer our Scottish feres an feresses: Whit kin o bodie or
craitur luik the gate o *yer* wee yins on Yule, Pace an mibbie ither
hoalidays, an whit are the ongauns (tradeetion-lik)?

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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