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Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Feier (“fire”) + Voggel (“bird”)
Noun
Feiervoggel m (plural Feierveggel)
- firefly, lightning bug
- 1938, poem published in the journal of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, page 26:
Der Feiervoggel baut ken Nescht,
Er singt net in de Baem;
Er hot en Lutzer hinne fescht.- The firefly doesn't build a nest,
He doesn't sing in the trees;
He has a lantern affixed behind .
References
- Earl C Haag, Pennsylvania German Reader and Grammar (2010), page 204