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Tiuvels Blâsbelg (m)

(with) definite article: der
(the) devil’s bellows

Sobriquet (also Soubriquet): A “nickname” that can be used endearingly or otherwise. In references to bagpipes it is used disdainfully only, however.

Identical types: 11

Condemning term, used by folk pastor Bertold von Regensburg (1220-1272), who held rather sulphurous sermons.

Sources

Allmo, Per-Ulf: Säckpipan i norden: från änglars musik till djävulens blåsbälg (Bagpipes in the nordic countries [From music of the angels to the devil’s bellows]). Stockholm, 1990, p.35, 530 (1855c).