[Cz-L] Sieben Zwetschken.

The story goes back to the Turkish seige of Vienna in 1645.
  As the Sultan fell in Austrian prison , he had to give all his belonging
to the prison authorities before incarceration.
       All he had was seven plums . Sieben Zwetschken.
    After many years , upon release the prison warden said :
      " Give him back his seven plums and let him go !"
    Since then belongings of somebody are his " Sieben Zwetschken
or Siebensachen.

    Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: doris türkfeld
To: Berti Glaubach ; HARDY BREIER ; CZERNOWITZ-L ; Czernowitz
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 2:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Two way street

"Klum" or "Klump" comes from the very Viennese dialect "Klumpert" and really
everybody in Vienna knows what Klump means :)

regards
Doris Wasser nee Tuerkfeld

From: Berti Glaubach <berti_at_netvision.net.il>
To: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>; CZERNOWITZ-L
<Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Fri, September 10, 2010 4:08:42 PM
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Two way street

There are many more but I was surprized to here from a Viennese friend:
Er nahm sein ganzes Klum und ging weg. Meaning:
He took all his very small (belongings) and left. Everybody knows in Vienna
what Klum means, she says.
Berti

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