Interview Extraction: Informant: “So for Sylvester, in every major city, and pretty much all of Germany, you are allowed to shoot fireworks at the turn of midnight. And this day is a holiday, but some shops are open like, until 6:00pm. And then people will go to their houses, or friend’s houses, or even parties…. Continue Reading »
Interview Extraction: Informant: “So Saint Nikolaus Day is on the 6th of December. And that is just Germany though, and I’m not sure about other European countries. I know that for example, people in Spain do it on the 6th of January. I don’t know why we choose that date, I’m sure it has some… Continue Reading »
Interview Extraction: Informant: “I don’t know if you have this in the States, but we get school cones. Do you know what that is? Well, you know how a cone is where you put ice cream inside? And we get massive ones on our first day of school, but filled with gifts.” Interviewer: “And what… Continue Reading »
Interview Extraction: Informant: “At least in the old times, you are having a baby- I mean you had a baby, right? And before the baby is baptized in that period like, nobody is supposed to see that baby because you know like, evil people or evil spirits can kind of be attached and stay with… Continue Reading »
Interview Extraction Informant: “The ‘break a leg’ legend. Do you know that story? It has nothing to do with fracturing any of the major leg bones. That in a different usage of the language ‘to break a leg’ is ‘to bend a leg’. So that gives us two possible origins of why when you want… Continue Reading »