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Lkr. Grafschaft Bentheim Niedersachsen An der Sankt-Marien-Kirche |
Der UlenköperThe Owl Buyer |
Karlheinz Goedtke
1967 |
Der Ulenköper Eines Sonntags morgens ging ein Bauer durch die Stadt Das Ulenköperdenkmal |
The Owl Buyer One Sunday morning a farmer went through the town ofUelzen carrying a sack with something crawling in it. A merchant asked him what was in the sack. "Barftgans"* answered the farmer. The merchant understood "Barkhahns"** and paid him much money in the hand for the roast. But at house three young owls flow out of the sack. The merchant was angry and complained at the town hall against the farmer. However, he said he has sold Barftgans and no Barkhahns and owls walked day and night barefoot, without shoes and stockings. The judge laughed and agreed. Since that time, the citizens of Uelzen are called Owl Buyers. The Owl Buyer Monument *Barftgans is low-german for Barfußgeher = barefoot walker |
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