Fucking day
As shitty day were in southern Germany and Austria under servants and servants the additional one to three unpaid work days referred to that claimed by them time for the performance of the stool should compensate for the agreed appointment.
This practice existed in the 18th and 19th centuries, and in isolated cases even into the early 20th century. The “shitty days” were done after the contract expired, mostly after Candlemas , or at the end of each year on December 29th .
These days , the term shit day is vulgar - slang for a bad day.
literature
- Entry in Johann Andreas Schmeller , Georg Karl Frommann : Bavarian Dictionary . 2., with the author. Addenda possible issue / edit. by G. Karl Fromann. Volume 2, containing parts III and IV of the first edition. Munich 1877, Sp. 475 ( digitized version ).
- shit day. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 14 : R - skewness - (VIII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1893 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ). - refers to the entry at Schmeller.
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Queri : force Bavarian: A Dictionary of erotic and scatological phrases . 1912, p. 86.
- ↑ Hessische Blätter für Volkskunde , 1904, p. 89.