Meaning of puusärk | Babel Free

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coffin (an oblong, often decorated wooden box with a lid, in which the deceased is laid in a grave)

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“Küsisime, miks puusärk õlletegija juures on. Lähedased vastasid, et tõid surnu õlletegijale näha, äkki muidu ei usuta. Tegelikult toodi küll puusärk linnast ja mööda minnes võeti kaasa ka õlu. Kuid küllap neilgi olid oma sekeldused ning ega toona oleks midagi imestadagi, kui keegi millegi jagamiseks surnutki näha oleks tahtnud.”

We asked why the coffin was at the brewer's. The relatives replied that they had brought the deceased for the brewer to see, in case he wouldn't believe it otherwise. In reality, the coffin had been brought from the city and the beer was picked up along the way. Yet they surely had their own troubles, and back then it wouldn't have been surprising if someone had wanted to see even a dead man just to settle a matter of distribution.

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