G'day Wolfgang - and Greg,

I think there is a fair amount of evidence coming out of this thread for some quite bawdy references to the 'swags' of the wandergesellen both by the name "Mathilda" and some ribald references to the furry leather covering of same.

These references were in some of the texts linked ... and I have not really organised the material, as i have just (finally ..!) got Mulga Wire away to the printers, for the December issue. Tomorrow Night, I hope to really pursue some of the German links (preferably not in German)!

Regards,

Bob Bolton