Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Jewish peddlers

Alsace, 1790. How do you suppose the tied the string to the far branch?


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  1. the=they.

    They used a ladder.
    Someone stood on a shoulder of another.
    They tied the string there when the tree was shorter.
    Maybe it is only a figment of the artist's imagination.

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  2. they added weight to the end of the string and threw it.

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  3. http://judaisme.sdv.fr/histoire/historiq/consisto/rneher.htm

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    1. http://www.thelma-yellin.co.il/michal/history-michal/frames3.htm

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  4. Translation of the French in case anyone wondered:
    "Leave behind this vile trade, renounce usury
    To arts and to crafts add agriculture"

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