Hedwig,
I describe here only "goyish" funerals.
Jewish funerals were no fun at all, no music , no funny horses.
Dus Meidale, Dus Jingale were in neuter for as being too young
for definition.
Later it became Die Moid and Der Jing as sexually defined.
Hardy
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From: "Hedwig Brenner" <hedbren_at_zahav.net.il>
To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>; <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:45 PM
Subject: Fw: [Cz-L] Funerals
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>> Hi Hardy, I must correct you, only the christian coffins were iwthout
>> lid,
>> the jewish coffins were closed, you could not see the "pale face"...
>> "dus" is not only the neutre (saechlicher) article, it means also " this"
>> for instance: Dus Meidale is schein" the accent on dus....
>> means This girl is beautiful"...u.s.w....or "Dus is a grober Jingatsh""
>> how you would translate it??That is an unpolished (ungehobelt) lad???
>> Bests regards Hedwig
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>> From: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
>> To: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 2:34 PM
>> Subject: [Cz-L] Funerals
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