[Cz-L] Altes Schachtel

Altes Schachtel,
German slang for Old bag (also slang.)
  Usually given to a spinster.
   Not complimentary .
    Nothing to do with the lady's past.
Hardy

Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "berti glaubach" <bertigl_at_windowslive.com>; <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>;
"Dana Dimitriu" <dana.dimitriu_at_web.de>; "Fred Schneider" <fred2_at_att.net>
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Books I read in Czernowitz

Thank you Berti, Dana, Fred and all friends for searching the net for me and
the books I remember.
The beginning of the poem Dana and Berti quotes is exactly what I remember.
It means:

It was dark, the moon shone brightly,
Snow lay on the green plain.
As a carriage lightning fast, slowly round the corner drove.
Inside sat standing people, mutely in conversation immersed,
As a dead shot rabbit on the sand bank skated.

The rest of the poem does not sound familiar and I am sure that when I was
seven years old, my parents would not have allowed me to read about
³eine alte Schachtel². (an old woman with a less than spotless past).

I am lucky to have access to the Indiana University fantastic library and
later today or tomorrow, I will be searching for these books in the stacks.

Mimi

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