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Oudehaske (The Netherlands)

Skarsterlân municipality, Fryslân province

by Jarig Bakker, 12 Dec 2003
in use since 1987; design: Fryske Rie foar Heraldyk.

Oudehaske village
Oudehaske CoA

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Oudehaske village

Oudehaske (Frisian; Âldehaske - old hare) is a village in Skarsterlân municipality, Fryslân province.
Flag and CoA in use since 1987.
CoA: in green a yellow couped pig's head; on a wavy silver chief a jumping red hare between two lying black rectangular peat-blocks.
Flag: two horizontal at least three times wavy stripes of white and green; in the canton a red jumping hare.
Explanation: Once upon a time the pig of Andries Obbes, the "slachter" (butcher) of Âldehaske had been freshly slaughtered by the master himself, and was hanging in one of his apple-trees. (It was not unusual in the good old days to span a pig on a ladder against a tree). Right at that moment the tramwaycar passed, and a merry band of voyagers started singing:
"Yn 'e Haske hinget in barch yn 'e beam,
baerch yn 'e beam,
baerch yn 'e beam,..."
(etcetera, etcetera, all the way to Joure) - The tramway was between Heerenveen and Joure, opened in 1882; because of this incident Âldehaske became world-renowned in all Fryslân (except for Ingwjirrum, where we sang: "En by Sjoerd en Boukje hinget in baerch yn 'e beam...")
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