tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851102533872057952.post755816345905131638..comments2023-10-18T04:18:08.041-04:00Comments on Unlocking the Voynich Manuscript: Spinning, Hulda, and the VoynichClaudette Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15981351775979769705noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851102533872057952.post-63796573106990709112016-12-29T15:16:38.080-05:002016-12-29T15:16:38.080-05:00The Anglo-saxon word dis for a bunch of flax on th...The Anglo-saxon word dis for a bunch of flax on the stæf is still known in Germany. In the Saxon Harz territory, in the village of Zilly formerly has been said: “At Sylvester (New Year's Day) it is not allowed to spin, otherwise Fru (lady, woman) Frieseke (originally goddess Frig, Frija) comes and she does something with the Dieseke (= Dieße - the Low German word for a bunch of flax)”.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477831652845572828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851102533872057952.post-80700088197317356912016-12-29T15:09:29.157-05:002016-12-29T15:09:29.157-05:00The Anglo-Saxon word dis for a bunch of flax on th...The Anglo-Saxon word dis for a bunch of flax on the stæf is still known in Germany. In the Saxon Harz territory, in the village of Zilly formerly has been said: “At Sylvester (New Year's Day) it is not allowed to spin, otherwise Fru (lady, woman) Frieseke (originally goddess Frig, Freja) comes and she does something with the Dieseke (= Dieße - the Low German word for a bunch of flax)”.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477831652845572828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851102533872057952.post-59613536728619566702015-09-17T10:35:49.076-04:002015-09-17T10:35:49.076-04:00Fascinating, Algohun. Thank you for sharing this.Fascinating, Algohun. Thank you for sharing this.Claudette Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15981351775979769705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851102533872057952.post-41912871512463627212015-09-13T05:26:16.084-04:002015-09-13T05:26:16.084-04:00All the Finns I know are either Swedes but proud t...All the Finns I know are either Swedes but proud to be Finns or Karelians who are most definitely not Russian. Stalin hated them so much for defeating four Soviet armies that he abolished the Karelian SSSR and so their number dropped from 16 to 15. They stole 1O% of Finland and destroyed Karelia in revenge. They in turned moved here to Sault Ste Marie and Thunder Bay.<br />From them I learned algohunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217363034586983605noreply@blogger.com