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Heder Riddles and Puzzles among Lithuanian Jews
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A peasant was transporting a large cart of hay. He had to pass through a low gateway, but the cart couldn’t pass under it. People advised the peasant to wear glasses with magnifying lenses, so that…

Contributor:

S. Beilin

Places:

Russian Empire (Russia)

Date:

Second Half of the 19th Century

Subjects:

Folklore, Sabbath, Children, Holidays, Gentiles

Categories:

Literature, Folklore
Jewish Ethnopoetics
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Dedicated to my sister and friend Sarah Rappoport A people’s poetry depicts, vividly and in clear relief, the hidden inner world of national life, to which we are admitted neither by the pen of the…

Contributor:

S. An-ski

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1908

Subjects:

Folklore, Jewish identity, Jewish languages, Nationalism, Poetry

Categories:

Political Culture, Science & Philosophy