Friday, November 21, 2008

We went and visited the Breuberg in Hessia with Anke and Ralf. The owners of this castle went to war with the owners of the Otzberg, where Anke and Ralf live. The Otzbergers fooled the Breubergers into believing that they had enough food to survive the siege by choking the pig once per day. From the squeals of the pig, the Otzbergers soon believed that they were slaughtering one pig a day. That is hardly what one does when one is worried about conserving one's supplies in a siege. To this day, the Breubergers call the people from around the Otzberg, "pig chokers."

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