English Translation

In East Prussia it is also told that the "Schnarrwachtel" only appears as a bird, starting from one of the village's farms, the main one in the day. At night it turns into a way through the Dori, until it finally reaches its destination, a hammer that sharpens its scythe, and cries: "Shrap, shrap, hew i.e. the house from which he went, or every chariot to the eight, long Dag, corte night!" This horseman once had a farm of the farmer who put it on his train. — Then you sit down farmers whose three sons were at war and the so-called age-weakly to the harvest-mash, and in the evening was in several farmer- was, in one night all grain cut and squatted. and taverns dance music; this lasts until the other morning, after which sleeps out, and the festival is finished. A boy — girl — tells: In Barmbeck, a village to the landlordship of the hamburgian few boys — girl—belongs to a useful harvest geestlonde, jerzt fost every year a great harvest-fest feiort. The same is said to have been the custom there earlier, but it has been said that they were no longer celebrated as a talk at the handing over of the long time. At the instigation of the "association harvest wreath by the household to the landlords are common. Eight to ten years ago, in the case of hamburg history, it was brought back to these harvest slogans by nevem cin. It consists of a great wisdom with a fine poetic sensation. We give hereafter some moves through the village, at which all the field workers, and thus such verses: in turn, as they follow in reality, have occurred. To the train rides, fills or goes a music choir. Good day, ladies and gentlemen in general, The first work is the dung driving and fertilizing, therefore a I now bidt to be quiet for a while dung car the actual train; then follows the one from horses and my words to listen, pulled Pnug and afterwards, standing on a block car, a Who I continue to talk. Sämann, who sprinkles fresh real seeds cus, even if a lot- easily mixes with hacksel. Next to him lies a sack with We have made the harvest wreath, supply to sãen. — Then comes on a block car the harrow, which is not half, but is whole. and then follows the roller. It is not of thistle and thorn, but of pure grown grain, of course the horses, the carts, the handlebars of the team, plough, harrow, etc. are also decorated with foliage, flowers and ribbons I had made it all the way, (white and red -- hamburgian fcrben). Thought to give it to my dearest heart. But since it is not there and cannot come, now a pause occurs cin. These I use to my lord's choite the presenter who walks beside them. Placemcchers, which are at the same time provided with cans, to collect gifts, to cover the cost of the feast through them. — Now some Ahr (Ahre), comes the decorated harvest cart, on which the crowned So many Rispe, Ceres enthrones. The harvest wagon is followed by a block car with a large so many thousand thalers in the Lord's money box! Ton. On this sits in front of Bacchus, crowned and similar to one I want now that the horses go well, rope dancers dressed, in cer one hand holding a glass, in the other a filled bottle, from which he always pours funny and then drinks on his own health. He shakes as if he was already capable and the pigs prosper well, shot, always back and forth on his seat, back and forward and the children richly free. forward. Hinton on the ton sit his servants, who have always forgotten Him new One, enough supply for his insatiable thirst. Then follow the field- What we eat tonight, laborers: some servants and maids with dung forks, some servants with scythes, maids and harpsmaids, servants with threshflegs. The mowers fried fish and trout, and threshers go without vest and jacket or skirt, with red on top of it come maidens and bachelors, the back crossing suspenders. — On top of that and with it and a pipe of tobacco, finally coming in the course, sitting on a blockcar, death, a Then the men have something. old man with snow white hair and beard and gray, pale suit. He holds in one hand a large tin scythe, in And of the gentlemen we biize beer and wine, the other one an hour glass. - Walk alongside, as before And we will be quite funny. mentioned, placemakers, who collect gifts at the same time. — So the game opens, musicians! 742 743