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Mayse-bukh (Book of Stories)
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The Mayse-bukh (Book of Stories), a collection of more than two hundred and fifty stories in Yiddish, was popular among Jews in Western and Eastern Europe from the sixteenth to the nineteenth…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Rovere, Venice (Roverè Veronese, Italy)

Date:

1585–1590

Subjects:

Yiddish, Anthologies, Writing, Leisure

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Print & Book Culture, Folklore
Single manuscript page with Yiddish text.
Nursery Rhymes
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[May] your mornings [be] blessed, [May] your life [be] long, [May] your enemies [be] shrouded, dead, [May] your [hot] breakfasts [be] poured, cooled.

Contributor:

The Jews of Zakho, Kurdistan

Places:

Zakho, Ottoman Empire (Zakho, Iraq)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Children, Education, Parenthood, Food and drink, Leisure

Categories:

Literature, Popular Poetry, Folklore