Ice skates used to be designed in such a way that you had to screw the jaws of the runners to the shoes with a wrench. Many a boot heel then tore off while driving. The shoemaker was always busy.
stick tear
In a sociable round in a Munich tavern, memories of old times were awakened recently. When the ponds were often frozen over in winter and you could skate on them. Ice skates of today’s quality did not exist in the past, however, and they were not affordable for hobby skaters. Instead, you raced across the ice with so-called Stöcklißern.
On Facebook, Elfriede Beck, who came from Abensberg, once remembered the years 1947/48: “We also had such stick tearers. At the Pribisneckerweiher there was a bench, you could sit down there and screw them on. You had to screw them to your shoes with a key. ” Two toes of the Stöcklißer were attached to the heel of the shoe, two more to the front. Many a boot heel then ripped off while driving. The shoemaker had to glue the heel back on, he had a lot to do.
Because of this weak point, the ice skates that were screwed onto a shoe were called Stöcklrisser (plug tearers). Driving it was often a gfrett, but you just didn’t know it any other way and you were still satisfied.
Oachkatzl
In Hanover, four tracks were recently closed for days because a squirrel had caused a short circuit in an overhead line. Otherwise, the squirrel is popular as a nimble climber in walnut and other deciduous trees and because of its goblin-like appearance. Little is known about these animals, which is why the Bund Naturschutz has started a research project (Bayernteil). In Bodenkirchen (Landshut district) there is even a forest kindergarten named after the squirrel, but in the dialect form: Oachkatzl.
Some still use the well-worn term Oachkatzlschwoaf as a test word to check whether a written speaker can repeat the Bavarian sound.