Folk wisdom
Folk wisdom
Could someone help me with examples of war-related folk wisdom in German, British or American culture? Like in Russian they say "Don't boast while going to war, better boast whilst returning back", etc. Is there something laike that (I suppose there has to be) in otehr cultures
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Oooooh maxxx,
there is really no item in this forum to find were you are not competent for discussing about. But today you hit the peak:
Maikäfer flieg.
Dein Vater ist im Krieg.
Die Mutter ist im Pommerland,
Pommerland ist abgebrannt.
Maikäfer flieg. (a song and a poem)
Regards
Knut
there is really no item in this forum to find were you are not competent for discussing about. But today you hit the peak:
Sorry but that is total rubbish! The only example of war-related folk wisdom in German I know is the following:"lieber Gott, mach mich stumm,
daß ich nicht nach Dachau kumm´...."
(Good Lord, make me dumb,
so i will not go to Dachau)
German Folk Wisdom during Third Reich.
Maikäfer flieg.
Dein Vater ist im Krieg.
Die Mutter ist im Pommerland,
Pommerland ist abgebrannt.
Maikäfer flieg. (a song and a poem)
Regards
Knut