[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Biale Blota, Bialobloto, Bialebloto, Bialobloty

[Mike McHenry]

Will a chemist do? If limestone (weisse erde?) was locally available that
plus sand are the starters for the making of a whitewash.

                                        Mike

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[mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Richard
Benert
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 2:22 PM
To: remus at hawaii.edu; ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Biale Blota, Bialobloto,
Bialebloto,Bialobloty

I meant to enter this discussion over a week ago but got sidetracked.  I'm 
wondering about this biale blota and whether it is the same stuff that I'm 
told was used by people in Solodyri to whitewash their houses.  They called 
it "weisse Erde", and it must have been more than just sandy soil.  Or 
aren't they the same thing?  Any geologists out there?

Dick Benert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Remus" <remus at hawaii.edu>
To: <ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Biale Blota, Bialobloto, 
Bialebloto,Bialobloty


> The Polish name of this village means "white mud". Or put another way, 
> sandy soil. That is the reason there were so many villages with this name.

> To see one near Grodziec, go to
>
> http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/remus/genes/volhynia/bialobloty/
>
> Regards Bill
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