In <864609.86427.qm_at_web51703.mail.re2.yahoo.com>, on 07/01/2008
at 12:15 AM, Shellie Wiener <s_wiener_at_yahoo.com> said:
>It was my impression that it referred to Haman [of Megillah Esther
>fame]'s 3-cornered hat but I was just a child so maybe that is not so.
Well, the Yiddish for the pastry translates as Haman's hat, although the
Hebrew does not. I don't know whether the song has any connection with
that.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
Researching:
GELMAN, Channah Khazangorodk Belarus
KATZ, Shmuel Gologóry(Lemberg) Tarnopol Ukraine
LIFSHITZ, Bluma Gologóry(Lemberg) Tarnopol Ukraine
METSCH, Aron Hawrilak Austria
(Gavrylyak)
METSCH, Joseph Yitzchak
Chernevist? Bukovina? Austria?
METSCH, Shlomo Chernevist Bukovina Austria
(Salomon)
METSCH, Yechiel Chernevist Bukovina Austria
SHULMAN, Zalman Dov Khazangoroduk Belarus
(Berel)
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