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German Life

Brown Slip and Peacocks' Eyes
The Folk Pottery of Eastern Germany and Old Silesia
By Charles R. and Ilona S. Mack
(taken from: German Life October/November 1996)

Die Erde ist mein Acker
Die Scheibe ist mein Pflug.
Ich bin ein Töpfer wacker
Das gibt mir Brot genug.

The clay is my soil
The wheel is my plow.
I am a worthy potter
That earns me bread enough.

-Old Bunzlauer potter's saying