Hi, ok, I will look at your book, of course.
The literal translation of his name is OwlMirror.
Till is his first name.

We read this as kids, it’s a children’s book yet with pretty much adult
themes and meanings when you read between the lines, which kids can’t do.

Yes, he’s a prankster – haven’t heard of him in sooooo long, LOL

here’s the [URL removed]

’Printed by Maschning and Kantorowicz, Berling C
(C stands for Charlottenburg), Gruenstrasse 17-18.
The latter means Greenstreet 17 – 18 = house number, no year.

Till Eulenspiegel’s Droll Stories and Pranks.
After Middle-High-German Sources
newly edited for our youths

by Dr. J. Rothenberg
Author of “Prince Heinrich’s Journeys around the World” and “Under the German Flag”

Berlin
Schreiter’s Publishing Bookstore.

As for the year etc. I need to see a photo of the 1st and 2nd page.
And yes, this is the OLD German font/lettering.
We are lucky it’s in print, because handwritten we would have a real problem. It’s totally different and I’d have a hard time to read it too. I’m glad they adopted the latin fonts some 100 years ago. LOL

This book might be from the very early 20th Century or, of course, before. If you scan pictures (there MUST be a lot…???) it’ll be nice for a listing.

Oh, and don’t even try to translate something like that via Google or so. It will be totally screwed and backwards, meaningless.
Middle High German means almost middle ages, yet not quite THAT old.
SOME of it, including many words are still spoken in lower Germany, close to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
Now one can imagine why Bavarians and Saxons are absolutely not able to understand each other. Hehe.
But just like here, we have a lot of dialects and it was/is up to the parents to teach High German or let it slide and kids learned nothing but their dialect where they grew up.
As for me? I was drilled in High German. Made it MUCH easier in school to learn perfect spelling which is MOST difficult in German.

Any more History lessons, anyone?
;) Just ask.

Kindly
Johanna

Till Eulenspiegel (German [URL removed] [tɪl ˈʔɔʏlÉ™nˌʃpiːɡəl], Low [URL removed] Dyl Ulenspegel [dɪl ˈʔuːlnËŒspeɪɡlÌ©]) was an impudent trickster figure originating in Middle Low German folklore. His tales were disseminated in popular printed editions narrating a string of lightly connected episodes that outlined his picaresque career, primarily in Germany, the Low Countries and France. He made his main entrance in English-speaking culture late in the nineteenth century as “Owlglass”, but was first mentioned in English literature by Ben Jonson in his comedic play The Alchemist.

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I hope this helps a litle.

Contact EuropeanGoodies, She is German.

Johanna, you are awesome, thank you! I will scan a few pages this weekend and add them to the listing. I’ll be sure to let you know when they’re up. I’m SO happy that you can read this!! :)
~Alissa