Parsley, parsley, good for soup,
growing in our garden.
An is going to be a bride,
so best not wait much longer,
if she wants to go to church,
without her belly in the lurch.
Plattdeutsch original:
Petersiljen, Soppenkruut
Wasst in usem Garen,
Use Antjen de is Bruut,
Schall nig lang meer waren,
Dat se na der Karken geit
Un den Rock in Folen sleit
Edward Shorter, 1982. A History of Women’s Bodies. Allen Lane. p214. Quoted from Siegmar Schultze (pseud.Dr.Aigremont), Volkserotiek und Pflanzenwelt, 2 vols. (Halle, 1908-09), I, 139.