Re: [Cz-L] Czernowitz expressions

My recollection is that my mother used the expressions "Gournish
magournish(?)" and "tsuris," when she heard something she thought was silly, foolish or
crazy.
Eytan Fichman

In a message dated 7/10/2008 9:42:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET writes:
Mimi,
These sayings are fine ,but not Czernowitz.
Most of them come from German literature and folklore:
Wilhelm Busch, Schiller , Ghoete and more.
If a quote is undrrstood in Germany or Austria then it is not from Cz.
A real Czernowitz vernacular would not be understood in Radauti.
Hardy
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From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "Czernowitz Genealogy and History" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 01, 1904 2:19 PM
Subject: [Cz-L] Czernowitz expressions of doubtful origin


> Does anyone know the origin of the following Czernowitz sayings:
>
> 1. ACH WIE GUT IST NICHTS ZU TUHN UND NACHHER SICH AUSZURUHN
> How wonderful to do nothing and then rest from it.
>
> 2. ER LIEGT IM GRASS UND SPUKT IN DEN HIMMEL
> He lies on the grass and spits into the sky.
>
> 3. ER LEBT WIE GOT IN FRANKREICH
> He lives like god in France.
>
> Two more sayings were used on particular occasions.
>
> If something fell from above, no matter what it was:
>
> ALLES GUTE KOMMT VON OBEN
> everything good comes from above, meaning from God.
>
> If a bird flying above dropped some "blessing" on you:
>
> SEI FROH DASS KUEHE NICHT FLIEGEN
>
> Be glad that cows do not fly.
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