Hallo aus Australien. Meine beiden Eltern stammen aus den Niederlanden und wanderten hier in den 60er/70er Jahren. Ich habe heute meinen Vater besucht und das gefunden. Er hat keine Ahnung, woher es kam oder was es bedeutet.
Ich gehe davon aus, dass es ein Rätsel oder Rätsel ist? Höchstwahrscheinlich ist es etwas, das katholisch verwandt ist, wahrscheinlich von meiner Oma.
Würde jede Eingabe lieben. Danke
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Von mrsbriteside
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I think it says: „Vul de thee nimmer bij, tenzij de ketel kokend zij“.
Meaning „don’t make tea unless the water is still cooking“
Vul de pot nimmer bij
Tenzij de ketel kokend zij
Is it maybe a tea cozy? Looks lovely and handmade. As other have said it says „Never top up[bee picture for a pun] the [teapot] unless the [kettle] is boiling.
The English version of the Dutch saying is „Unless the kettle boiling be, filling the teapot spoils the Tea.“ i.e. do everything in the right order at the right time.
You can find the English version online embroidered in a similar style.
it using a Dutch homophone where „bij“ is the Dutch word for bee, but it’s also the translation of „by“, but also there is a linguistic quirk in how the Dutch use the „by“ version. You can roughly think of it as never set the tea „by“ the teapot (it feels clunky in English), unless the water is „cooked“ (boiled)
Pretty piece of handsmantscraft. She probably made it in school. They use to make these things for mother’s day. Do not know its size, but could be used to hold the kettle as it was hot.
Grandad would probably have gotten a tie with the same motive, although clay ashtrays were common for father’s day.
Vul de [theepot] nimmer [bij] tenzij de [ketel] kokend zij
Literally word for word:
Fill the teapot never [bee/re-] unless the kettle boiling be
Translation:
Never refill/top up the teapot unless the kettle is boiling
The correct term for this kind of sound-alike smashing together of pictograms and words is a „rebus“
This piece of cloth can be used to pick up the kettle. It is an household item and does not have any religious connotation.