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Danish
A gækkebrev with an attached snowdrop (vintergæk).
Etymology
gæk(“fool”) + brev(“letter”). Alternatively, a holdover from an earlier tradition involving hiding a snowdrop (vintergæk, lit. "winter-fool") in one's hand.[1]
