[Cz-L] Paskudstwe,

    Paskudstwe is of the Paskudniak family of words but this is
the adjective .
   In addition to all the already mentioned idioms it had a use
in mentioning the occult world of Czernowitz.
  Magic and Ghosts were a part of everyday life.
   More than once we saw on a doorsill chicken entrails and
    frog legs with parsley .
   Witchcraft.
     This was "Paskutswe ". Turn away. Spit three times.
      Run and tell you neighbors.
      Why not call them ghosts ?
        Why start cheppen with ghosts ? Dont have trouble enough?
       And when night fell and the gate was locked , who do
   you think was parading up and down the street ?
      The "Paskutstwe" ! Never mention them by name. Why take chances.
        I have spoken too much anyway...
Hardy

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