RE: [Cz-L] On Topic, Off Topic.

Thanks,Hardy
For GOISERER! My mother used this word for our very havy BOCANCI made in
Rumania.
My chidhood- friend, a 2nd generation Radautzerin, called me a "Rebbe
Pomeilech" , adding:" you're moving shvoy,shvoy"
 Why Rebbe? Where does "shvoy" come from?
Regards
Irene

Subject: Re: [Cz-L] On Topic, Off Topic.

Arthur,
  Bokantschen is the Czernowitz adaptation of the Rumanian word
  Bocanci for boots. This is what the glorious rumanian Army was
   short of. They ran on Opinci - a lambskin tied to the feet with
    laces. They didn't have leather soles for boots.
   In old time Czernowitz they called boots Goiserer ,after the famous
    Bad Goisern boots manufacturer of the Salzkammergut in Austria.
Hardy
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