Yes, I got that when I was small, and so did a number of other children. And it came from some people who weren't even German. But when I used it on our first daughter, the children took it to be a nickname for her (and her alone). When I called our next daughter Schnickelfritz, both girls objected. Anne was Schnickelfritz! I had to come up with something else for Katie (Katchen sometimes; often Ekaterina Elzvieta, though we're not Russian). Since moving to Pennsylvania, I've discovered that a lot of people think Schnickelfritz is an Amish/Mennonite "thing." It appears in singing games, on paper placemats in restaurants, etc. along with other words and phrases from Pennsylvania Dutch (Low German). Does anybody know what it _means_? I've never found it in a dictionary. Bob Copeland >>> birdsanct@optonline.net 6/21/2007 8:47 AM >>> I haven't heard that in many years, my "Nana" always called me schnickel fritz, so what a trip for me, I'm a senior citizen and my "Nana" has been gone almost 50 years.....Thank you, thank you, thank you Arden > Thank you Susan for my trip down memory lane...Like the other responses...my > Uncle Nick called me that... > Ann > > > >Hi, > > > >The other day a term from my childhood came to mind, the term "schnickel > >fritz". It was a term of endearment really, sometimes used for a rascal. > >Little kids and dogs were sometimes called that, I guess it's why it came > >to > >mind. We have a puppy with a different name, but it just came to me to say > >"come here you little schnickel fritz" to play with him. > > > >I was wondering if anyone else has heard it used or had a different meaning > >for it. > > > > > > > >Another kind of funny twist with it was that I saw it used online for the > >name of a flower or something, and the person selling the flowers had the > >last name Kirchhoff, which was my grandmother's maiden name. > > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > >susan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I don't know what it means, either -- but it was used in S. Texas when I was a child -- as a term of affection. The Germans in S. TX were not of Amish/Memmonite descent, so I don't think it was limited to those groups. Jane Brown Fredericksburg, TX

My Mother also called me Snickle-fritz as a playful nikname here in S. Texas. Peggy Neill, Pleasanton, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garey Brown" <GBROWN9012@austin.rr.com> To: <prussia-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:29 AM Subject: Re: [PRUSSIA-ROOTS] schnickel fritz >I don't know what it means, either -- but it was used in S. Texas > when I was a child -- as a term of affection. The Germans in S. TX > were not of Amish/Memmonite descent, so I don't think it was limited > to those groups. > > Jane Brown > Fredericksburg, TX > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRUSSIA-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message