6. Tafelen

6. Also on the Binderseind
1737
Table
On the night of the 14th to the 15th of September, a horn or some other instrument was blown. The villagers heard it, but saw nothing. 'But surely you saw the next morning that Emond Arnoldi's house on the Binderseind was soiled and smeared with muck and dung?' Yes, the neighbors on the Binderseind were asked that Sunday morning by Emond Arnoldi's daughter to help clean up the filth. Yes, indeed, that daughter who on second thoughts did not want to get married after all. 'And did you also see then that the house was also smeared with the bones and rotted flesh on those bones of a dead beast? That beast itself was lying on a table or some trestles in front of the house. Right? 'Yes... Also on the Binderseind 1737 Table On the night of the 14th to the 15th of September, a horn or some other instrument was blown. The villagers heard it, but saw nothing. 'But surely you saw the next morning morning that Emond Arnoldi's house on the Binderseind was soiled and smeared with muck and dung?' Yes, the neighbors on the Binderseind were asked that Sunday morning by Emond Arnoldi's daughter to help clean up the filth. Yes, indeed, that daughter who on second thoughts did not want to get married after all. 'And did you also see then that the house was also smeared with the bones and rotted flesh on those bones of a dead beast? That beast itself was lying on a table or some trestles in front of the house. Right? 'Yes. On that table was the head of a beast.' A neighbor explained that there was mostly a lot of shit in the basement, thrown in between the bars of the basement window. Reluctantly, other neighbors admitted that the night before, in De Vlam inn, a bunch of men drank gin, blew the horn and shouted "taefelen, taefelen. Toni Smets was the blower on the horn, which contained water that 'bubbled'. Still others saw that behind Jan Swinkels' house people were rooting in the earth with shovels, illuminated by the light of a burning candle. 'Were those men digging up a dead animal?' 'Yes, because we fled from the stench.' 'And then did you not hear tumult and clamor afterwards, the sound of smashed windows? Yes, Dirk de Vlam's wife crossed the street at night to get her little son who was with Toni Smets. To her it was said: "Wijfke, didn't even want to see? She saw dirt being thrown and she also saw two straw dolls hanging above the table with the beast's head. The two straw figures represented the bride and groom of the cancelled wedding, and from the table rose a heavy stench ...