Friday, November 17, 2023

Mother Hulda And Squire Death Comments

Rating: 4.5

In Mother Hulda's apple grove so fair
The apple trees stood meagre and bare
Nobody could help, it was a plight:
The gardens in heaven in need of delight!
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Jürgen Wagner
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Bri Edwards 19 November 2023

Four stars ****. Maybe I can figure out how to make my 70-something wife into a 20-something wife? Nah! !

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Jürgen Wagner 04 December 2023

Imagination can...

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Bri Edwards 19 November 2023

(cont.) The rhyming was very fine and appreciated. The illustration (almost) made me wish I wasn't already married (4 times) .

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Bri Edwards 19 November 2023

I failed to find 'Junker Death' listed on 'Google', so I didn't completely understand. The mention of 'heaven' caught me by surprise & again I didn't quite follow the story. (cont.)

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Jürgen Wagner 04 December 2023

Ahh! Junker is a young noble man. May be the word is not so common. I can change it into squire.

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Bri Edwards 19 November 2023

Frau Holle ' (/ ˌfraʊ ˈhɒl / HOL; also known as ' Mother Holle ', ' Mother Hulda ' or ' Old Mother Frost ') is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Children's and Household Tales in 1812' : )

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Jürgen Wagner 04 December 2023

That's right. Behind stands the old goddess FRIGG(A) , the wife of ODIN/WODAN.

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