Re: [Cz-L] more on "angsts"

Hi
Hedwig Brenner is perfectly right. I would like only to comment on a
"gitoig," which is really a "schlecht oig" Ain Hara, as she writes. This
euphemism comes from the Talmudic style. A blind man is called "Sagi Naor,"
which means much light. And when they express something bad on Israel, they
use ob the enemies of Israel.
I had wondered of the source of Kimpeturen, until it came to my mind that
its source is Kindbett. From that came the expression "Sie liegt in Kimpet,
and then the Kimpeturen.
Paul/Pessach Heger
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On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:

> I can easily think of some cultural angsts, I remember from my Czernowitz
> childhood, but they may not be particular to Czernowitz.
>
> 1. Do not walk around in socks, it may cause someone to die.
> 2. Do not eat fresh warm bread , you'll get a stomach ache.
> 3. If the palm of your right hand itches, you will be counting money.
> If the palm of your left hand itches, you will "chapen Petsch"
> (get a beating).
> 4. Do not praise anyone without saying "Keneynahoreh", if you do, something
> bad will happen to them.
>
> Mimi
>
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