I Found 140-Year-Old Books

[@corinnaliebergesell5773]

Okay, let's research what you found in the books. The name is actually Louise Laube (both first letters are the same). The family name seems to be German. Fred Knefler (last row on the Invitation card) was a veteran in Indiana. There was President Cleveland Reception in Indianapolis in 1887 (as far as I can find records of his events in Indiana). There is a German News Paper from Indianapolis from 1894 mentioning a "Fräulein Louise Laube" traveling to Germany to become a teacher. There is a record of a marriage from 1898 from Indianapolis mentioning the marriage of William E. Pellett and Marie Louise Laube, born 1863 in Germany. Their kids were born in 1901 and 1903, so in the second term of President Cleveland. Greetings from Germany. Have fun with the stories about who Louise was 🙂

[@chrisbellmore2485]

Thank you so much for sharing! It’s so cool to know more about her :)

[@ottarsdatter]

WOW! There are few people more wonderful to have in your life than researchers! I really love poking around in history, and I appreciate your work, Corinna.

[@kathyjohnson2043]

Yes there are a LOT of German families who ended up in Indiana in the mid 1800s, mine being one of them.

[@CharredFibers]

OH OH OH do me next!!! LOL just kidding. I love seeing the path to history even if it isn't mine.

[@todayIlive3]

I love to learn of all kinds of people lived throughout history. With this info + my love of clothes, I can imagine how she dressed + infer a bit about her soci 32:26 al class, neatoo Be blessed all.

[@hopebailey1256]

I love so much that the idea of "oh I need a bookmark but I don't have one, so I'll just use this random piece of paper instead" is a time-honored tradition

[@lynmilner2697]

Better a piece of paper than many things I have found in books returned to the library.

[@thebookwyrmslair6757]

@hopebailey1256 Yup! And then I'll have to put that plane ticket, theater stub, subway token, etc in my sentimental box when I run across it ten years later. 😄

[@gingermom12]

The green vessel with the spoon is a salt pig. Fill it with salt and leave it on the counter. It's so pretty. Gorgeous green. Thanks for all you do.

[@pennyvdl]

Came here to say this. I love it!

[@grandy2875]

@gingermom, I was about to say something very similar, but I'm always a bit slow off the mark so you beat me to it...😉 🙃🐨🇦🇺

[@therewillbecatswithgwenhwyfar]

Looking fit this comment!

[@theplussizecostumer]

I thought it was a sugar bowl. But the salt pig makes more sense since, I presume, it didn't have a lid. Sugar would attract pests.

[@sophiebrettell3631]

Me too! I love my little salt pig…

[@Cookies-u9y]

I did a quick familysearch research. Louise M Laube was born 1865 in Berlin, Germany and died June 1956 in L.A. California. In 1895 she married Werter M Faries in Marion, Indiana. The word "sonder" in german is also a old form of "without", as in "sondergleichen -> unparalleled"

[@woofloopa1264]

The word still exists (in Dutch, at least) as "zonder," which does mean "without"

[@kathyjohnson2043]

As I commented elsewhere, there are a lot of German families that ended up in Indiana

[@sElfmadecreations]

Without looking it up, Kriss Kringle sounds like it's a weird spelling of hearing "Christkindl" when said in a Southern German dialect like Bavarian. Saw someone else already point out that in the Southern part of Germany the gifts at Christmas are brought by the Christkindl, basically an angelic form of baby Jesus. A very vague theory, it's a very charming name change somewhere in the 19th century, where German immigrants were talking about Christkindl and what English speakers understood was "Kriss Kringle" and ran with it. In any case, I love this.

[@sElfmadecreations]

The first search result on the Internet, is the same theory ^^

[@sophiaeressea5687]

Just to add: the Christkind also exists in northern Germany, only losing the "l", thus not being able to influence the kriss kringle idea ;)

[@sElfmadecreations]

@sophiaeressea5687 Oh, that's neat. I only ever got confused looks when I talked about it. As a child, I was so confused about Santa because to me, it was just St. Nikolas, and to then learn as a teen how it all connected was weirdly wild 😅 I'm from the very South, almost Austria or Switzerland, and we don't add the L at the end either.

[@sophiaeressea5687]

@sElfmadecreations same here... We had the idea of Father Frost from the Russian cartoons and in school and kindergarden, Father Christmas (who was prone to beating up children so we were afraid) made his rounds, and at Home, the Christkind would be central. When I first encountered Santa Claus I was about 10 yo and I thought he was a Disney invention, just like Mickey Mouse 😃

[@МарияБешенцева-я4г]

@@sophiaeressea5687 Yes! The German immigrants in Russia turned Christ Child into Chrishkinda. Funnily enough, he ended up being the bad guy. Pelznickel, a Swabian equivalent of Grampus, was also very present and the good one.

[@leilaniholland]

I love all your wonderful discoveries! Just be careful of one thing with extremely old books: if the cover is fabric, it's from the 1800s, and emerald green, handle carefully and wash your hands immediately after touching it. Also, keep it away from your fur baby. The cover dye is literally made with a heavy dose of arsenic. It's been known to cause blistering and chemical burns on fingers and could potentially be even worse if your puppy were to lick it. I bought a couple of first-edition books from the era, both with the dangerous dyes. I was looking up the book details when I found out about the dyes, and since then they're handled with a great deal of care. Most of all, bravo for reaching a point in your life you can buy something you like, for the sheer joy of it. Your treasures don't need to meet anyone else's approval: your liking them is more than enough.

[@Skirt553]

that's not always the case, but it is good practice to get it tested and confimed either way.

[@SpringStarFangirl]

One hundred percent needs to get tested, arsenic green pigments are terrifying.

[@showandtellmeg]

Lol I love that you called the black camera a brick because in the film photography world that camera is referred to as The Argus Brick. Great camera, but very heavy.

[@lilaroseg]

i’m going to an antiquarian book fair later today, so i saw the title and knew i would have to watch with breakfast!! i stand by the fact that adults should be allowed to have show and tell

[@amandanelson8991]

I looked up the Whitter poem book is worth $249.95 used. It's the same exact book as the one u got. I'd get them appraised.

[@CharredFibers]

I saw that too. They have them in green and red covers too

[@DanikaLeighEllis]

I'm not sure where you looked it up, but there are several of this edition for sale for around $20 on Abebooks

[@amandanelson8991]

@DanikaLeighEllis I just Googled it.

[@gadgetgirl02]

Those items between the pages might just have been quick bookmarks, too. If someone were to find my books 100 years from now, they might think the old receipts and yarn ball bands were precious objects 😂, but unfortunately I have a knack for never having a bookmark around when I need one.

[@jenniferprice9971]

I’ve definitely found receipts in books from the thrift store. It’s kind of interesting finding books from strangers who used random things to use as bookmarks.

[@DraconicMaiden]

My husband using a single square of toilet paper as a bookmark

[@M2lsBc]

lol you should see our cookbooks. 😅 literally full of whatever we have to hand for a book mark! From 10 year old fabricland receipts to play money 😂

[@stefflcus]

The SCREM that I SCREMED before I even clicked on the video!! I'm so excited! If a suspicious, windowless, white van set up in a parking lot said "fRee AnTiqUe BuKz" on the side, I'd be a goner. EEEEEEE!

[@TheCalucita]

LMAO I love the imagery. Thank you for the good laugh ❤ may you find your next lovely antique book soon ❤

[@TheRupertmcgee]

Oh you would LOVE some of the sales at my local estate sales and the like. No one involved with my local secondhand market is interested at all in old books unless they are very old and like new condition, so any books that aren't that are never gonna go for more than 10. More often its just a blanket "paperbacks -50cents, hardcover $1" sign and several bookcases worth of options. And a lot of these sales have a point near the end where everything is half off, and because the books are so unwanted you can just swoop in at the end and get a ton. And honestly, a lot of the people running the sales are willing to do deals beyond that. If someone said at the end of a sale "i'll give you $30 to take every book left at the end of the sale" i think they'd take it. I've gotten a lot of great cheap books, but the problem is always storage (edited to note: the books range a lot in dates, but usually you'll find a mix of 1870s to 1970s just all mixed together, in a lot of houses 20s are the most common)

[@wait4015]

The metal stackable containers are called tiffins carriers or tiffin containers. They are widely used in Asia to carry food or to get take aways from a restaurant. In Malaysia, we usually bring our own tiffins to restaurants or hawker stalls and ask for to the food to be take aways (dapau in Chinese or bungkus in Malay) in these containers so that we can eat it at home or elsewhere. We normally see these stainless steel containers, but if you search nyonya/peranakan tiffins there are some really beautifully painted containers!

[@kathymarshall220]

Oh my days, your puppy instantly adopting the turtle was the cutest thing ever 🥰

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

Now this is a haul video I enjoy. It’s not about buying all the new trendy things. It’s really and fun! Thank you for showing us your cool finds!

[@ColorJoyLynnH]

I am not behind any new merchandise hauls. Reusing vintage is right up my alley, though.

[@TheCraftyCamper]

Oh! Mini book fact! Once upon a time when you purchased a book, all you would get is the pages. Then you would take those pages to your book binder who would bind the pages for you. Your two books match because that was the design that your mystery lady chose for the books in her personal library. So cool!

[@the_Pons]

Wow! That's so cool 😍Had no idea!

[@mirjanbouma]

I never knew that! Cool! I kind of wish that was still a thing. I'd bind all my favourite paperbacks

[@ecummins8650]

There are still businesses that do that. Look one up!

[@mirjanbouma]

@@ecummins8650 I'll look into it!

[@leesie156]

I recognized one of those cartoons. In Sweden we have a tradition, started in the 1960s, on Christmas Eve we watch old Disney cartoons, and always some newer ones. They have all been edited down though. The old Santas workshop one also has a scene where an elf paints a chessboard using checkered paint, leading to basically all dad's saying "that paint would be great to have." People from other countries tend to be surprised that this is part of our Christmas celebrations 🤓

[@ERYN__]

I highly recommend JRR Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas. It is the collection of letters he wrote to his children from the perspective of Father Christmas. There is elaborate world building of what like is like at the North Pole and beautiful paintings that have a feel of intimacy being letters only intended for his family. I would recommend it to a teenager who doesn't believe in Santa anymore, but also enjoyed the Lord of the Rings.

[@vincentbriggs1780]

Ooh, great finds! Little bits of paper in old books are so delightful. I have a possibly 1860's cookbook with 2 handwritten recipes for soap tucked into it. I went to an estate sale last weekend with my uncle and got an old print of a man in a fancy hat, a metal crumb catcher/small dustpan thingy, a basket of old table linens, and a hatbox. My uncle (a retired chemistry teacher) got a chemistry book from 1847!

[@Lutefisk445]

I inherited my grandma's collection of ancient early 20th century books when she passed. There are a couple that are so old they don't even have the publish date. I also have an entire leather bound bible in Finnish that's about 150 years old.

[@claudiakitchen8094]

As I understand it, the beginnings of our modern secular Christmas traditions came to us through the English Queen Victoria, whose extended family included the German royal family. So that ties together the Christmas tree and Kris Kringle and Santa Claus (St. Nicholas). Of course, the evergreen tree and the Yule log may have been originally from the Nordic countries. Anyway, it makes sense to me that these Northern European royal families shared Christmas and Winter Solstice traditions.

[@kerriamerifinn9824]

The stacked metal lunchbox thing is a tiffin box/carrier thing. You can find the same model at Ikea. They are originally (I THINK) from the Indian continent and Asia.

[@Panticle]

The metal tiffin cans are part of the amazing Dabbawala system in Mumbai, where office workers get their home cooked lunches delivered to their desks. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabbawala

[@margaretsimpson9092]

My father, a foreman boilermaker in the 1940s, 50s and 60s had a tiffin set. An appointment would deliver it to a lady who sat on a corner in an industrial area with her cooking pots and would collect it with lunch and deliver it to the workshop. This was in South Africa

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

@@margaretsimpson9092 Even in South Africa, the tiffin box and hot lunch custom came from India. There is a significant Indian population in South Africa, stemming back from the 1800s when the both South Africa and India were part of the British Empire. Note: ugly history being history, many of the Indians in South Africa are there because there were brought there to be servants or worse slaves for the Britsh :/ Even after the British left ZA, but were still occupying India, a large number of Indian settlers came to ZA because there was already a large diaspora there. Edit: This was meant to be information sharing, not a "well ackshully ☝🤓" btw.

[@shaiannwyatt7749]

The random stuff shoved in old books reminds me of a book I found at a flea market sort of thing that my grandma took me to as a teenager. I was going through the books not looking for anything in particular, and I found a 2nd edition Merriam-Webster dictionary that'd been duct-taped together and presumably gone through a fire given the cover was a bit melty. Inside in an envelope, I found a bunch of pictures of some random family, including pictures of a teen with a car and a few baby photos. It's one of my favorite things I own

[@mercywalschek2695]

"You're aloud to just love something. " Ya! I'm 51 years old. Been trying to get that through my head for a long time. I think that's one of the reasons that I enjoy your videos. You do things just because you love them. Not because it's fashionable.

[@galli0]

This is not a dig at you. I've just seen the same grammatical error 4 times in 2 days and my "i can keep it chill and not correct people" cup has runneth over; "You're aloud to just love something." allowed, not aloud. Allowed is giving permission to do something. Aloud is something being voiced, said, spoken.

[@mercywalschek2695]

@galli0 that's ok. I get it. I'm not offended. 🥰

[@dawnmoriarty9347]

Books! I'm a proud book hoarder! I adore random shopping where you just see something and KNOW that it's useful and/or fun

[@esbybyaghro6483]

We have a massive (MASSIVE, multiple warehouses massive) consignment store near our home. People can rent out booths so you see everything from "I'm just trying to declutter", "I bought this at the dollar store, did some decoupage, & am now trying to sell it for $50", "I'm getting rid of all of my grown kid's old things", "I'm clearly a reseller", "I am selling legitimate antiques - probably from estate sales", and, often the saddest but also most interesting - "An elderly person in my life has died & we're selling off some of their things". I have found the most amazing hand-sewn garments or little tchotchkes from an overseas trip or old family photos or hand-sewn embroidery. If I think I can repurpose the textiles in a way that highlights or honors them, I'll buy them to add to my own sewing projects so their "life" is extended. Semi-related: My grandparents LOVED estate sales. They were forever buying things from them. They once got a box of random trinkets & one of them was a very small jewelry box that looked hand-painted and said "Istanbul". My grandparents never left the country but my partner & I were fortunate enough to go to Greece & Turkey for an anniversary. In the Grand Bazaar I found someone selling the very same type of jewelry boxes. So now I have my grandmother's and mine side by side and they mean so much to me. My partner's grandmother grew up as a missionary kid in Japan before WWII. When they had to evacuate, she brought home a large metal vase that had been in their home. It traveled with her by boat and train all the way from Japan to Kentucky in the 1930s. It's wild to imagine what the journey must have been like. Without context these things are just souvenirs but they have so much more meaning. I like to imagine what stories the trinkets at our consignment shop would have if they could tell their tales.

[@goddesspa]

Those letter openers would also make nice little corner turners.

[@sandyruffin4520]

Having just used a similar but less sharp thing for corners, it will poke a hole in fabric!

[@DrinknStitch]

26:30 That is a salt cellar. You put your cooking salt in there so you can easily reach in for a pinch. The spoon is for larger amounts. Once you have one, you'll never go back! Tis beautiful! as is the wee bear.

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

Yes! Hooray, I'm glad someone noted and was able to share this infor. I have also seen those with a cork or wooden lid to keep the salt covered when not in use, which is handy when you're in a humid climate!

[@kimberlygarrett5385]

That Tiffany lamp was the most wonderful thing to behold. Dragonflies are my spirit animals. I would love to find such a lamp. Those colors when it was turned on melted my heart.

[@saraferreira-holz6375]

I love when you find stuff that's not just stuff, but your stuff, stuff that speaks to you. ❤the lamp

[@TheJustineCredible]

Houghton Mifflin is a publisher of school books. I worked for them briefly in Batavia, IL. They were founded in Boston MA in 1880 and are still around today, although today they are called: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. It's possible L.M. Saube was either a student or even a school teacher.

[@ottarsdatter]

Also, it's pronounced Hō-ton, long O. First thing I learned 40 years ago as an assistant editor (read: slave) to a major publisher, was how to pronounce Houghton Mifflin; Alfred A. Knopf; Scribner's (it's NOT Scriveners, dammit!); and Farrar, Straus. The old days, when some of the founders of these big names were still alive.

[@taytribe806]

I worked as a braille transcriber doing almost exclusively textbooks for about 7 years - when Charlie started struggling to pronounce the publisher's name, my brain auto filled "Houghton Mifflin Harcourt" (though I didn't know how to pronounce it until I read the comment below yours) 😂

[@moda78z]

Fun fact about Christmas in Sweden: On Christmas Eve, that’s when we celebrate Christmas, at 3 pm, a big part of Sweden is watching this special tv program that contains short snippets of really old American cartoons and some newer ones, mainly Donald Duck ones (He’s been very big in Sweden for decades). At 16:47 we can see this vintage cartoon that we in Sweden see every year! 🤣😍 I googled it and the first time they started airing it on tv was 1960 and it’s been a tradition ever since! There are ofc parts of newer animations added, but many of them are still the vintage ones to this day! 😁😁😁 Isn’t it a weird tradition?!! But we love it! Every year at 3 pm it’s Kalle Ankas Jul (Donald Duck’s Christmas)!

[@leecarlson9713]

I’m second generation Swedish on my dad’s side. We always celebrated Christmas at my FarFar and FarMor’s house with a dinner of ham, potati scorve (sorry about the spelling), lutefisk, lefse, mashed potatoes and corn, at 3pm. Then the adults did the dishes-it took years for us kids to figure out we weren’t trusted with FarMor’s good dishes- and finally, finally, we opened the presents. Your comment brought back such great memories. I know my fascination with gnomes is because of the tomte gooben stories I heard as a child. Thank you! Edited to say this was in the early and mid 1950s.

[@moda78z]

@ That’s so nice! ❤️❤️❤️. I’m happy I could bring back some fond memories for you! ❤️ I have to admit something though, I can’t stand lutfisk 🤣😂

[@МарияБешенцева-я4г]

Fun fact about Germany. A British short film called Dinner for one is watched on New Year's Eve. Hardly anyone in Great Britain remembers it and for the Germans it is almost a ritual :D

[@moda78z]

@@МарияБешенцева-я4гWe do that in Sweden too!! For years! 🤣😂❤️ In Swedish we call it Grevinnan och betjänten 😁

[@CraftsyPenguin]

Great memories of Miss Louise, I love it. Also, Link being so gentle with the turtle yet so playful with that "I could give it to you, but... don't wanna..." :)))

[@bigpanda1228]

I once marked my place in one of the Wizard of Oz books with my wristwatch then ended up putting it back on the shelf. I was delighted to find the watch again about 3.5 years later when I opened the book to show a friend the lovely color illustrations. But it would have been incredibly easy for it to have stayed in there for someone like you to find many, many years later. I’m in my 60’s now and still have both the books and the watch!

[@historiansrevolt4333]

I think I may have an answer for the not quite estate sale! A lot of times not everything sells at estate sales. So companies exist that buy up the ends for super cheap and do a big sale after doing this a few times. I got a dresser for like $15 bucks when I was super broke at one.

[@cassandraaeh]

@2:45 Tiffins! That’s what you’re thinking of. What you have looks like mess kits for camping, though, but very very similar form factor.

[@luciarodriguez6503]

That's what I thought but people keep saying they are tiffins 🤷

[@aksez2u]

I used to do that "Sonder" adjacent thing when I was out and about. I'd see someone and imagine how they'd be described as the protagonist in a romance book. "She was pleasantly plump, with a quirky look about her that implied an easy laugh and a generous heart". Something like that 😆

[@gingerpunk916]

The baby sword brings me much joy 🗡🤺🛡 Edit/addition (hadn't watched the whole video yet): I'm going to have "Christmas comes but once a year..." 🎵 stuck in my head the rest of the night now

[@nukuaceramicsbonaire]

Thanks for your videos, I look forward to them every Friday! Btw, as a potter, I can make you a chicken mug if you want.. 😉

[@fatsparrowsewing]

Oh, the bear with the honey wand!!! Also, that lamp is so beautiful! The colours are exquisite when it's on!

[@marianneds]

OMG...the calling card remind me so much of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the book The long winter or Little town on the prairie . All the young girls and boys jump on the new trend and it thing, on collecting calling cards from each other. And as i rember it, Laura orders 100 cards with violets on it. 😊😊

[@Devontothefourth]

The meaning of ‘sonder’ that you know actually comes from the dictionary of obscure sorrows. It’s only been in our lexicon since 2012. But it certainly is an impactful concept. So much so that it’s the only word I remember from that project

[@lothrilous]

As I was organizing my thrifthaul/wardrobe/remainders/materials, I moved one piece of garment to the 'upcycle' storage bag, when my eyes caught the 'World Market' logo. It has a bit of a celticky motivum under it? I just thought it was so cool, like right after you mentioned it. I'm not from the US, in fact I never even left Europe ever, but this purple top with cool lace ended up in my possession. And I found it mere minutes after this video. Talk about coincidence!

[@SkyeSalindar]

I'm crying with how adorable puppers is!!! He really loves that turtle. Its so awesome to get a glimpse like that into the past

[@EntangledFields]

I recommend reading or listening to the Little House in the Big Woods books as an adult. I basically ignored the story - just listening to all the expectations of the times described in the books was fascinating! I also think that reading books that clearly show prejudice as it was perceived contemporaneously is a great way to train yourself to see the prejudice in modern writing.

[@chrisbellmore2485]

You got so many cute things! Also I don’t think I’ve ever been so invested in something more than I was when you were talking about the Christmas songs and Louise. I was so fascinated by everything you said-though I’m trying to finish my daily writing goal for NaNo and I’m trying so hard to resist the urge to look up the history of Santa now XD Also your dog is the cutest dog ever :)

[@lauraoneal5146]

Ohhhhh all of the goodies!! Love the haul. I’m the same way about books. I also LOVE to go and look through antique postcards that have notes written on them and the addresses that they are sent to. How they are written without ZIP Codes and how the abbreviate states. Thank you for sharing all of your fun shopping!!! Love everything you do on all of your channels!!

[@yolandalehwald4865]

Little house on the prairie explained it to Laura and Mary similarly as they couldn’t afford Christmas that year

[@alicedibley3065]

Love the tiffin tins! That's the metal lunch boxes at the start. My mum adores them so we have a few in different sizes.

[@ottarsdatter]

The basket handle looks like dried grapevine. I love your wonky basket! Also, I once bought a boxful of vintage dress patterns from the 50s and 60s. Some of them were still factory-folded, but many of them had been used and I was able to trace a mother and daughter's path through their lives via their dress sizes. It was poignant to see the mother's notations of the daughter's measurements through time, and also see her own dress sizes grow from the canonical "32 inch" size through 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 inch sizes. I loved these pretty patterns while I owned them, then passed them on to a collector.

[@hollysheets7959]

I very very nearly bought the whale basket, because I also have finally, hopefully, settled down by buying a house. And I need storage for all my yarn, and that whale is adorbs.

[@sophieb.1287]

Uh, I lovelovelove this show and tell! ❤❤❤ I love old things and thinking about their owner's life and what these thibgs have witnessed...

[@tinagarcia3571]

In my house bento boxes become storage for art and sewing little bits, daggers go in a shadow box as wall art. There are beautiful modern hardcover books, I love finding stuff in used and vintage books. Cool lamp and pottery which I am weak for.

[@ceebee2858]

Every now and then I feel guilty about not keeping a diary. Your fascination with the lives of strangers really does make me feel like everyone has a bit of an obligation to share their story. You are very good at sharing yours!

[@halem6580]

I would adore if show-and-tell became a regular offering on this channel! On another note, I work at a genealogical society as a digitizer, so my whole job is to scan and transcribe old records. I have the same feeling of "these were all real people who had their own lives just like I do" pretty constantly.

[@arjc5714]

Sonder is actually a created word! It’s from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, and it was made in around 2012. They have dozens of words, but that one REALLY struck a lot of people and is now just. A word in English.

[@sophiaeressea5687]

I was wondering whether it would have been inspired by Swedish "sömna" =to dream

[@ZombieInTheSun]

Yeah, as a German I was shaking my head at the idea of "sonder" meaning that 😅 In itself it is not a word, but it's a prefix that is used to mean "other"/"outside of"/"in need of special treatment" like e.g. "Sondermüll" = "other trash" = "trash that's not covered by the categories we have for household trash and might need chamical treatment like e.g. motor oil, refrigerant or lead paints"

[@margaretsimpson9092]

Sonder exists as an Afrikaans word meaning without eg sondereinde without end

[@henriettelinkshanderin1449]

Yes, I was really befuddled that "sonder" is supposed to be a german word. I know the concept. I realized it when I was a teenager that every other person in my school or on the bus or in the supermarket had their own life and feelings and thoughts. It overwhelmed me really hard. But I didn't know that this had a name.

[@christineg8151]

The bindings on those books are incredible! So pretty!

[@Michellerosecusack]

In Ireland your middle name can be and sometimes is used as your first name. Epsishally if you're frequenting a place where more then one person there also has your name. -Or someone will just give you a new name. Either way, this new name/ use as your middle name as your first, can stick so well your closer friends, children or others may never know what your birth-name is.....This is more common then you'd think. Some kids don't find out their parents real legal birth-name until they are middle aged and need to help their parents with doctors appointments, passport renewal or sometimes even a death certificate. My husband didn't know his mum was named Mary instead of Maureen until his 31st birthday. 😅

[@vincentlevarrick6557]

I have a few Mary-is-their-real-first-name-but-they-go-by-their-second-name people in my circle of colleagues and acquatiances. And yep, they're Caatholic and every girl of a certain age was Mary/Maire! So of course they went by their seocnd names. This is in Australia, but we still have a (un?)surprising influence from our Irish roots. Names like Cian, Tadhg, Siobhan, Aoife, Ailis(h)/Eilis(h) are still very common, and in my generation, there is a marker who among us was taught by nuns (most Irish, or or Irish descent), where we say "haich" rather than "aitch" for H.

[@isobelwilson8822]

The dagger letter opener with the figure on the top looks like the Pied Piper of Hamlin to me. Which makes it all the better.

[@kschickle916]

How FUN. That box camera is exactly like my first camera when I was about 10 years old it so. I loved it.

[@veebeelights]

I experience the same kind of sonder, its part of the reason i cant go to bigger cities or stand in crowds. I also love vintage and antique things for the same reason, i feel alot of love and connection for strangers of the past when i can expeirence history in little ways.

[@Inlelendri]

Santa Claus comes in so many forms and shapes and versions that it's a rabbit hole to infinity, almost. There was a separate character from 'regular' Santa that went about the houses in German towns, I believe, with a tree on his back and who lit up the lights on the Christmas trees, supposedly. If you see a 'Santa' in a grey robe, that's him. Germany also has Knecht Ruprecht, who went around with Saint Nicholaus (who becomes Sinta Klaas in Holland and then Santa Claus) and was the...well, the Krampus, really, in some versions, and helped with the gifts in others, afaIk. In Sweden, it's the Christmas tomte that brings the presents, and in Italy, I believe there's a Christmas Witch, La Befana. That's just off the top of my head. I'm sorry for the wall of text :S

[@taytribe806]

Oh, so THAT'S where Hawk Moth got the idea for Befana in Miraculous Ladybug!! Thanks - I'd been wondering about that, and you GENUINELY (accidentally) solved a mystery for me!

[@siscaudle8715]

These are great and fun!! You're at a time in your life to enjoy doing this. ❤ I am at a time where i've had to "admire but don't acquire"!!! Enjoy!

[@ellis16]

I think the little green bowl cup thing is a sugar bowl, given the spoon! also it would be so slay if you check to see if the old books have been scanned yet. If not, please scan them!!!! preservation is so important!!!! there are often crazy different details and censorship and errors between prints that are wild for us English literature academics so 🥺🙏

[@haleyhoudini]

We are all santa claus, ha ha ha ha ha! I very much loved these quirky lil songs

[@TheMagnoliaWitch]

I, too, have a small collection of sword "letter openers" which I use as hair sticks to put my hair up. 😂 Lovely collection of new treasures!

[@melliedearwolf]

I do the whole "wow these are real people" thing too - but also with things like buildings! Thinking about how each apartment in each building has at least one (or perhaps multiple) people just existing and living their life. It's interesting and - as you said - sometimes very overwhelming.

[@SerendipityWyrd]

Can relate to the "sonder" epiphanies. It is really incredible to step outside of Main Character Energy and realize all the other humans are ALSO main characters, meaning that something I'M the NPC! In those instances, I hope the quests I hand out are the ones that help people evolve.

[@creepycutiecrafty]

So many lovely finds. That basket is really pretty! And those “letter openers” (definitely not daggers!) are gorgeous too, the curly handled one is beautiful. The Tiffany lamp is one heck of a find! It’s gonna be such a feature in your study. But those books…! ❤❤❤ Would the estate sale that’s not an estate sale more like a flea market? That stacking tin thing is called a tiffin. I believe they originated in India, not sure though.

[@brynjordan7924]

Calling cards could be more than just a business card looking item, like what you have. I found a shop in the Fremont district of Seattle (at the Fremont Flea market) that had boxes of old calling cards all of them a bit bigger than a baseball card, with a photo of the caller on one side and their name and occupation (and/or address) on the back. I bought one, and am hoping to collect more, as they are so interesting and fun. Who were these people? What were their lives like? I hope you get into the anthropology of it all too!

[@edfitzgerald6626]

YOUR LITTLE GREEN SALT PIG , REMINDS ME OF THE SUGAR POT IN DISNEY'S ANIMATED MOVIE THE SWORD AND THE STONE , ABOUT WORT AND MERLIN.SO CUTE !

[@lynmilner2697]

As you completed the section on the books, I paused and went to check on the old books I used while homeschooling my children. They were my Great Grandmother's and Great Grandfather's books. I found 3 that were older than yours just sitting on my shelves. 1869 University Algebra, 1846 Voices of Flowers, and 1844 Proper Lessons to be read at morning and evening prayers. I have the notebooks that went with them showing the work of these people. I also used my Grandmother's grammar school books with my children. They had much higher expectations than current text books do.

[@EmmaBray-jg8jg]

The green ceramic pot with the wooden spoon is a salt pig - you can fill it with sea salt and use the spoon to scoop it out when you're cooking. Traditionally the salt pig stops the natural sea salt from getting all clumpy with it's own humidity, which it would do if you kept it in a closed container.

[@haleyhoudini]

A perfect way to start my morning! Trying to overcome executive dysfunction, and this acts as the cozy fun body doubling I need! In a not creepy, non parasocially weird way 😅 ❤ this exact type of multi estate sale place is where I got my oldest books!

[@alyssahougham6626]

I have a rooster mug! I got it while in Colorado for a family reunion. My favorite part is that it has a thumb-sized flat bit on the handle

[@flo-llama]

Antique cameras make excellent bookends! At least at my house they do.

[@suepainter9812]

Aaahhh!!! When I first learned about “sonder”, I cried. It was an entire perspective shift. Similarly, “hygge” is a concept(?) that reminds me of cozy cottages and hobbit homes - it was putting a name to something I had felt before and wanted to recreate.

[@ritaadams8379]

Once a week, I work at an auction. I've bought so many wacky things! Tonight it is a chicken ashtray. Do I smoke? Heck no. Do I collect chickens? Nope. Do I love it? Absolutely!

[@tanyabrewer991]

Oh Charlie, I so now want to look for old books. That was a wonderful journey going through the young ladies' childhood book ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@smisch81]

I'm so into Downton Abbey... I really can see Mary reading the poems... She found the book in the Earls' library... 😍 And yes, I'm gernan. "Sonder" in ancient german means "without".

[@cherylrosbak4092]

We used to have one of those weird estate sale warehouses in my town, and it was the best place to get cheap vintage and antique furniture, but every time we went in there it was harder to get around.

[@LatelyFashionable]

I wonder if the little papers stuck in the book were marking favorite poems?

[@rebeccaburnell9319]

If the books are from different publishers, I imagine those aren't their original covers; they're poetry collections that were falling apart and they were re-bound (highly likely at the same time by the same book-binder, of course) in matching covers. Which are GORGEOUS!

[@allie9855]

Okay you finding things in the books was so cool!! This is why I love history. The human connections you make with people from the past.

[@janicethomson5209]

Great finds! I think the green pottery is a salt dish Love your videos 💛✨🦋

[@ambrosiathames9505]

I full-on gasped at the turtle measuring tape. So cute!!

[@amys3168]

The stacked lunchboxes are tiffins. Funnily, I bought my kids 3 each from world market about 10 years ago. That’s what they used for their lunches until they got into high school and no longer brought lunch. Very handy and then I didn’t have to worry about plastic.

[@taryntranby-msl-1207]

Oooh! My oldest book is from 1882 [Oliver Wendell Holmes]. I am so excited for this. Time to grab my coffee and knitting and curl up!

[@carolreid9755]

Thank you Charlie, lovely to see your goodies and really interesting to find those books never mind the finds inside. I love playing detective.

[@AnniCarlsson]

Santas workshop cartoon is from 1932 and we see it each year in sweden acculy 😂. From All of Us to All of You that Disney aired 1958 become a swedish tradition to watch each christmas eve at 3 a clock.

[@shelleywark4842]

Omg your adorable dog taking the turtle made my day

[@JanealJohnson]

this is a very fun video and it makes my heart happy. I love the puppy with the turtle. Very very sweet. He was so gentle.

[@kristalburns3490]

Yes! Chicken mug! Push me over with a feather! The dragonfly lamp, the one I kinda really love. Ok i am excited about your finds.

[@kida4star]

I would love to hear someone sing these old carols!

[@Skippymagnersom]

Maud Muller is one of those poems that stays in your mind and the closing lines will come to you at odd times. My mother quoted it to me when I was a child

[@the_Pons]

Haha!! 😄 That first Christmas cartoon you showed is a national Swedish Christmas tradition! On Christmas Eve, at 3 pm, the family (those who still partake in the tradition) gathers in front of the tv and watch the old Swedish dubbed version of the From All of Us To All of You show from 1958 (in the US part of The Wonderful World of Disney tv series)

[@donneverae3050]

Not my oldest book, but one of my favorites, a 1897 edition of "Dracula" printed in the USA by Garden City Publishing Company. I love books that had a life before thay came to me.

[@DrinknStitch]

18:11 Here in Michigan we pronounce Houghton as HO-ten & HO(t)-en. Long O, short e.

[@rebeccarollason3472]

Such sweet haul, the green ceramic tilted pot you got is a salt pig, for your kitchen for fine salt to add to cooking

[@Flampivia]

Moin 😊 I'm a German and I did study the German language in university. I never heard of the term "saunder" before. Maybe you meant "staunen"? Which means "to wonder about something". I would also recall Louises last name starts with a "L" not a "S" , they are close in cursive handwriting but the s doesn't come to the right at the bottom. I really like Tiffany style lamps too, the one you got is not vintage, it is a new model which you could buy brand new for about 150€. I'm a little fascinated about the term Kris Kringle, it was unfamiliar to me so I looked it up. In Germany we had the "Christkind" before Santa Claus (in German he us called Weihnachtsmann, which translates to Christmas Man 😂) was invented. The Christkind is an Angel and referred to Jesus, who brought the Christmas presents on the birthday of Jesus. Love your little haul 😊 greetings

[@45t3r15k]

Another German here. I think what Charlie meant is "sonder", a very old German word meaning "without". It's rarely used in that form anymore, but it was used to develop the term Charlie is referring to, which originated in America. However, we still often use words based on this word in Germany. The closest word in Scripture is "sondern", which means "but instead" or "but rather". More related in meaning to how it is used in the video would be "absondern", which means to keep away from people, or "Sonderling", which describes an eccentric person or misfit.

[@a.s.97426]

The captions say "sonder". But as a fellow German, "sonder" on its own doesn't really make sense in that context either... maybe "besonders" ? That's an adjective though, not referring to a feeling (of wonder or otherwise). Or "sonder" as a prefix to say "separate from" as in Sondermüll for example... 😅

[@denisemichelle4066]

I wish I could just continue to add thumbs up at every point I especially loved the video, there were so many different points. I just love your videos, thank you for sharing!!