[55] This was written before the Franco-German war which re-annexed Alsatia to Germany. When I read out the first example in Chapter VIII. (_Wiidǝr aa˛geschmiirt_), to the Philological Society, on communicating this paper, 3 June, 1870, Dr. E. Mall, an Alsatian, who was present, remarked that it reminded him throughout of his native dialect, of which he thoroughly recognized the pronunciation. I may remark that I have never heard PG. pronounced, although I have heard Austrian, Saxon, Rhenish, Bavarian, and Swiss dialects, and read solely by the phonetic orthography here given.--_A. J. Ellis._ [56] F. E. Petri (Handbuch der Fremdwörter, 1845) explains _Spargimént_ or _Spargemént_ as "ein ausgestreutes Gerücht, Ausgesprenge, Geträtsch oder Gerede; Aussprengsel," in short, _gossip_ or _idle talk_, evidently from Latin _spargere_.--_A. J. Ellis._ [57] Compare Goethe's _Faust_-- _Faust._ Mein schönes Fräulein, darf ich wagen, Meinen Arm und Geleit Ihr anzutragen? _Margarete._ Bin weder Fräulein, weder schön, Kann ungeleitet nach Hause gehn.--_A. J. E._ [58] Scarcely PG., 'kǝp' (G. kopf) being used. [59] See Pulleyn's Etym. Compendium, 1853, at BONE-FIRES. [See also, Jacob Grimm, _Deutsche Mythologie_, pp. 567-597, for fires generally, and pp. 583-593, for these Midsummer fires in particular.--_A. J. Ellis._] CHAPTER VIII. EXAMPLES. § 1. _Wiidǝr aa˛geschmiirt._ ¶ 1. Dass dii meed ǝn wunnǝrbaarǝr schtǝff sin, wen [wann?] sii f'r mennǝ ausgrukǝ, wærd iir aa schun ausgefunnǝ hawǝ. Sii sin so schlippǝrich wii ǝn fisch, un wan m'r meent m'r hätt eens fescht, dan knabbǝrt 's schun an nǝr annǝrǝ ang'l. TRICKED AGAIN.--_That the maidens are a wondrous matter if they_ (ausgucken) _look out for husbands_ (werdet Ihr) _will you_ (auch) _also have_ (schon) _already discovered._ _They are as slippery as a fish, and when one supposes_ (subjunctive er hätte) _he might have one fast,_ (it nibbles) _there is already nibbling at_ (einer andern) _another hook._ ¶ 2. Ich hab eich do schun foor 'sǝm' tseit tsrik f'rtseelt, wii ich mit d'r 'Hænnǝ' ei˛kummǝ bin, un was f'r 'kælkǝleesch'nss' dass ich gemacht hab f'r n 'schtoor' úftsusétsǝ an dem alti Schniipikl seinǝr kreits-schtross. _I have recounted_ (euch) _to you here 'some' time ago, how I paid attentions to 'Hannah,' and the 'calculations' that I made to set up_ [an English idiom] _a 'store' at old Schniepickel's Crossroads._ ¶ 3. 'Well,' selli tseit hab ich mich bei d'r 'Hænnǝ' wiischt aa˛geschmiirt gefunnǝ (kfunnǝ), f'r ich hab gemeent, dass sii niimand sunscht 'g_leich_ǝ,' un liiwǝr drei moonat lang gebrootǝnǝ rattǝ fressǝ deet, wii an eenighǝr annǝrǝr kærl tsu denkǝ-- _'Well,' that time I found myself badly[60] tricked with 'Hannah,' for I believed that she 'liked' nobody else, and_ (thät lieber fressen) _would rather devour fried rats three months long, than to think on any other fellow;_