Re: [Cz-L] Franz Joseph the Kaiser

A Weidel in Yiddish is a Schwanz in German and in Czernowitz meant a
dumbhead.
  In the Rumanian era : " Schwanzescu ".
In English it means a tail .
  Why was Franzjoseph called Kire Weidel we must ask Sholem Aleichem.
    Its in his books-
     Slang.

Hardy

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From: "cornel fleming" <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>
To: "'HARDY BREIER'" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>; "'yosi-jerry'"
<eshet1_at_netvision.net.il>; <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
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Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Franz Joseph the Kaiser

> Hardy.I have never heard this....what does "weidl" mean,and why?? Cornel
>
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> BREIER
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> Yes,
> Kirah , but also Kirah Weidl ( the tail) , which was attributed to his out
> of the ordinary character, Hardy
>
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> From: "yosi-jerry" <eshet1_at_netvision.net.il>
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>> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Franz Joseph the Kaiser
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>>> The Kaiser Franz-Joseph was mentioned every time we celebrated my late
>>> father's birthday, because both of them were born on the 18th of
>>> August.
>>> An event which is still celebrated yearly nowadays in Bad Ischl. The
>>> Kaiser was greatly admired by the Jews of the eastern parts of his
>>> empire
>>> because of his comparatively liberal regime. The Jews had him nicknamed
>>> "Kirah" the Hebrew acronyms for "Keissar yarum hodo" - Exalted Emperor.
>>> Prayers for his wellbeing "Mi sheberekh" were held in many synagogues on
>>> Saturdays. He, and his family are a tourist asset for Austria despite a
>>> small minority there who still criticize him for loosing the empire.
>>> Yosef Eshet
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