Sitzt e Wärmsche uff`m Tärmsche - Die schönsten hessischen Kinderreime

Illustrator Leonore Poth has already packed Hessian culture into charming pictures accompanied by amusing verses in "HessenEssen". While that book was about Hessian food culture, her new book "Sitzt e Wärmsche uff'm Tärmsche" is about the most beautiful Hessian nursery rhymes. Together with author Hildegard Hogen, Poth presents numerous popular rhymes in an endearing way, with little explanations as well as amusing illustrations.

Whether "Die Säue m Goarde", the "Schornsteinfejer kreideweiß" or the "Läuserscher", here the reader meets again and again rhymes that one knows from his own childhood, but also to rather unknown verses. Sometimes very amusing, sometimes biting and nasty or just delightfully senseless, for different occasions such as New Year and Easter or as a declaration of love for delicious "Worscht", here is the right rhyme for every situation.

The Hessian language gives the rhymes of course only their very special charm. And even if you want to shake your head in wonderment at some of the wordplay, this book always provides amusing moments, and not just for little Hessians. So if you want to know what the "Wärmsche uff'm Tärmsche" is doing or want to know what the Weck from the baker Beck is all about, then you should definitely take a look at the book with the most beautiful Hessian nursery rhymes.

An article by Frankfurt-Tipp