~ Grüss di Gott Sennerin ~ | |
"Grüß di Gott" (literally "God greet you", and more commonly heard as just "Gruß Gott") is a greeting which has long been the most common greeting form in Southern Germany and Austria. It seems obvious what's going on here on this Jugendstil (youth style = modern art) stein designed by Franz Ringer with verse in Bayrisch (Bavarian dialect), ca. early 1900's. | |
Grüss di Gott Sennerin Heut bin i auf a G'stieg'n möcht mir a Busserl hol'n - g'schenkt oder g'stohl'n. |
Greetings Dairy Maid Today I've been on a climb may I fetch a little kiss - given or stolen? |
Translation: Roy De Selms Photo credit: Unknown |