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German term or phrase:
Verkaufs-Schwester im Schwesternhaus
English translation:
shop clerk (or vendor) in the Sisters' House
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Genealogy
From a Dienerblatt about a woman who started as a Maedchenvorgesetzte, then after being a Verkaufs-Schwester became a missionary, then returned home and went into Diasporadienst.
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shop clerk (or vendor) in the Sisters' House
She may have been Moravian or Mennonite. All members were called brothers and sisters. Adults lived in group houses, brothers' or sisters' houses, until they were married. The houses usually had small shops where they sold their products. Enter Moravian + "Sisters' House" in Google and you will get many hit. Here is one example.
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Another fact pointing to the Moravians is that they also had a diaspora. Enter <Moravian + Diaspora> in google and read about it.
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Note added at 16 hrs 51 mins (2004-07-25 18:08:08 GMT)
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Another fact pointing to the Moravians is that they also had a diaspora. Enter <Moravian + Diaspora> in google and read about it.
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nurse selling goods in the nurse's home
I can imagine that the nurses lived there and had to sell crafts and home made food etc.
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Derek Gill Franßen
: The term "nurses' home" reminds ME of nursing home which would be the equivalent of "Altersheim". How about "nurses' house"? ;-)
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I'm not sure about the 'house'... A Schwesternhaus is more like a community of many nurses living together in a 'Heim' which is different from a 'Haus' in my view.
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Robert Schlarb
: Schwester is not necessarily nurse in this context
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salesperson in a nursing house
Not to be confused with a "nursing home".
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Christine Lam
: nursing house reminds me of nursing home which would be the equivalent of "Altersheim"
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Don't say I didn't warn you... ;)
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I can't help being reminded of the earliest joke I remember from my childhood....
A monastery goes into business as a fish and chip shop. The first customer comes in and asks one of the monks, "Are you the Fish Friar?"
"No, I'm the Chip Monk!"
A monastery goes into business as a fish and chip shop. The first customer comes in and asks one of the monks, "Are you the Fish Friar?"
"No, I'm the Chip Monk!"
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jerrie
: ;-)) Bald humour? Hope this becomes a habit, and nobody gets into a pate ;-( Carry on Fostering 'em!
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Actually, I read the joke in a battered old magazine in a barber's shop....
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Textklick
: > Seems I have to rely on my scaly ISP to get something for the weekend tro laugh at ;-)
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My ISP's a bit flaky...probably owned by some shark....
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TonyTK
: Like they say, one man's fish is another man's poisson (even more battered - no pun intended)
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That's a new angle on an old pun....
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vending sister at a deaconess home
I am assuming that she was a sister in a protestant deaconess order, perhaps Bethel. Today there still exist many deaconess homes, which serve as retirement and care residences for sisters who have left active service. Patterned on the Catholic nunnery, in the past these homes were also important for training young sisters for further service, as temporary accommodations for sisters going to the mission field or just having returned and even as shelters for homeless mothers or orphans. While a student, I myself stayed a few days at such a home for retired deaconesses in Stuttgart on one occasion.
http://www.altstaedten.com/b-seiten/kloster.htm
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http://www.bethel.de/page_en/1_0/1_1/1880.htm
The Sarepta deaconess' home has 263 deaconesses
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http://www.baptisten.org/aktuelles/nachrichten/berichte/binl...
Für das zum Diakoniewerk Bethel gehörende Haus Bethel in Buckow gibt es innerhalb unserer Bundesgemeinschaft eine neue Zukunftsperspektive. Ursprünglich wollte das Diakoniewerk das nach der "Wende" nicht mehr genutzte Haus, in dem noch zwei Bethel-Schwestern leben, verkaufen.
http://www.altstaedten.com/b-seiten/kloster.htm
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http://www.bethel.de/page_en/1_0/1_1/1880.htm
The Sarepta deaconess' home has 263 deaconesses
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http://www.baptisten.org/aktuelles/nachrichten/berichte/binl...
Für das zum Diakoniewerk Bethel gehörende Haus Bethel in Buckow gibt es innerhalb unserer Bundesgemeinschaft eine neue Zukunftsperspektive. Ursprünglich wollte das Diakoniewerk das nach der "Wende" nicht mehr genutzte Haus, in dem noch zwei Bethel-Schwestern leben, verkaufen.
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Derek Gill Franßen
: Vending sister!? - I like the term, but have never heard of it... // No... which is why I suggested "salesperson"; in light of your suggestion I could also imagine "vendor". :)
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Have you ever heard of "Verkaufsschwester"?
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Kathleen
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