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The Meaning of the Name Schweigler

The Flute

  Outside of the German-language range is the
  Schwegelpfeife in Europe today still as instru-
  ment of the people music known;
  in Slovenia under the name „Zvegle “,
  in Romania under „“or „Piculina “abates,
  in Hungary under „Oldal fùvòs “, „Pikula “or
  „Flòta “and in the Slowakei under „Flauta
  “admits. In older sources, like for example
  „the Hortus deliciarum “ the Sister Herrad of
  Landsberg (around 1185), became also
  „swegel “clearly the transverse flute name.

The Shepherd

They accompanied his armed force as Sheperd's on the raid from Mongolia in
12. Century to Austria. For a commander like Genghis Kahn was the supplies of food
and meat of strategic important.

Shepherding is one of the oldest professions, beginning some 6,000 years ago in Asia
Minor. Sheep were kept for their milk, meat, and especially their wool. Over the next
millennia sheep and shepherding spread throughout Eurasia.

Some sheep were integrated in the family farm along with other animals such as pigs
and chickens. To maintain a large herd, however, the sheep must be able to move
from pasture to pasture, this required the development of a profession separate from
that of the farmer. The duty of shepherds was to keep their flock intact and protect
it from wolves and other predators. The shepherd was also to supervise the migration
of the flock and ensured they made it to market areas in time for shearing. In ancient
times shepherds also often milked their sheep, and made cheese from this milk.

In many societies shepherds were an important part of the economy. Unlike farmers,
shepherds were often wage earners, being paid to watch the sheep of others.
Shepherds also lived apart from society, being largely nomadic. It was mainly a job of
solitary males without children, and new shepherds thus needed to be recruited
externally. Shepherds were most often the younger sons of farming peasants who did
not inherit any land. Still in other societies, each family would have a family member
to shepherd its flock, often a child, youth or an elderly who couldn't help much with a
harder work; these shepherds were fully integrated in society.

Shepherds would normally work in groups either looking after one large flock, or each
bringing their own and merging their responsibilities. They would live in small cabins,
often shared with their sheep and would buy food from local communities. Less often
shepherds lived in covered wagons that traveled with their flocks.

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