Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Treichler/ Words #2

The word tintinnabulation was suggested by justdoodleit, who has some lovely contemplations in ink and watercolor on his blog.

My first job out of college was working as a teacher in a Swiss boarding school. At the beginning of January, all the farming males, from small boys to grown men, would walk around with bells of various sizes, ringing them to drive away the evil spirits. Fueled by alcohol in the case of the adults, this activity went on late into the night. What the cows think of this is unknown.