Food bag
Futtsack is a word from the miners' language , particularly common in idioms in the Ruhr area and the Lower Rhine .
Phrase
"Da is Futtsack tuned" or "Da hasse ma Futtsack" is used colloquially when something "went wrong", when the PC does not start up or when the car does not start.
Pit horses
The phrase is derived from the time when pit horses were still used in mining. When unrest or problems arose in the shaft, the pit horses were given the “feed sack” to calm them down, which was shortened to “feed sack” - later generally transferred to tricky situations. The gray gelding Seppel was the last pit horse to leave Bochum's Lothringen colliery in September 1966. Seppel received his charity on a farm in Lüdinghausen.
Although many people in the Ruhr area are familiar with the idioms about “food sack”, the derivation from the time of the pit horses is mostly only known to older miners or their family members.
Individual evidence
- ^ Rheinhausen mining terms. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011 ; accessed on January 1, 2013 .
- ↑ Ulrike Gilhaus: Buddy on four legs - pit horses in the Ruhr mining industry. "Seppel" was the last pit horse. LWL-Industriemuseum, accessed on January 1, 2013 .
- ↑ Join-in dictionary of the LVR, keyword Futtsack. Retrieved January 1, 2013 .