The windmill turning : nursery rhymes, maxims, and other expressions of western Canadian Mennonites / [compiled by] Victor Carl Friesen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Friesen, Victor Carl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mennonites--Prairie Provinces--History.

Mennonites.

Mennonites--Prairie Provinces--Folklore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alta., Canada : University of Alberta Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume collects the proceedings from a conference on the evolution and practice of central banking sponsored by the Central Bank Institute of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. The articles and discussants' comments in this volume largely focus on two questions: the need for central banks, and how to maintain price stability once they are established. The questions addressed include whether large banks (or coalitions of small banks) can substitute for government regulation and due central bank liquidity provision; whether the future will have fewer central banks or more; the possibility of private means to deliver a uniform currency; if competition across sovereign currencies can ensure global price stability; the role of learning (and unlearning) the lessons of the past inflationary episodes in understanding central bank behavior; and an analysis of the most recent experiment in central banking, the European Central Bank.

Contents:

Intro

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Part One. Western Canadian Mennonites

Introduction

1 A Unique History

2 A Distinct Language

3 A Rich Folklore

4 Some Thoughts on Plautdietsch Orthography

Key to Plautdietsch Pronunciation

Notes

Part Two. Plautdietsch Folklore

5 Rhymes of the Homelands

6 Nursery Rhymes

7 Nursery Games

8 Children's Games

9 Songs

10 Riddles, Jokes, and Tongue-Twisters

11 Maxims About Marriage and Raising Children

12 Maxims for Housewives

13 Maxims for Farmers

14 Maxims About the Vicissitudes of Life

15 Maxims About Daily Behavior

16 Comparisons

17 Other Expressions

18 One-Word Characterizations

Appendix

GRAMMAR AND USAGE

BASIC VOCABULARY

FURTHER READING

INDEX TO FIRST LINES

PLAUTDIETSCH

A

B

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

O

P

R

S

T

W

ENGLISH

C

N

U

Y.

Notes:

Introduction and commentary in English; verse in English and Low German.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

1-4593-0377-6

1-4175-9320-2

OCLC:

647754853