[Cz-L] BABES A ZWIOK

" Babes a Zwiok ",
In my latest mail I used the above expression .
   I got mail requests to clarify this term.
   This term belongs to Czernowitz oldest and finest and
    dates back to the middle ages.
      The meaning of the word is : Grandmother's Nail.
        But this is only part of the saying , the complete quote is:
      " Sein Babe's a Zwiok is geleigen af ihr Boidem ".
          meaning that a nail of his Granny was lying in her attic.
       This coming as a ironic remark to a very remote, far fetched
       relationship.
          Zwiok for nail also originates from the Ukrainean.
           In plural it is Zwekes.
                     Hardy
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Received on 2008-06-23 06:13:37