@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 month agoWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?message-square62fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down17
arrow-up159arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your country's "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear"?@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-square@BottleOfAlkahestlink4•1 month agoIsn’t there literally a German fairy tale about someone able to make straw into gold?
minus-squareDojanlink6•1 month agoRumpelstiltskin. Naomi Novik wrote a lovely book inspired by it called “Spinning Silver.”
Isn’t there literally a German fairy tale about someone able to make straw into gold?
Rumpelstiltskin.
Naomi Novik wrote a lovely book inspired by it called “Spinning Silver.”
Yes, that’s where it’s from.