Can we make isoglosses?

[Bernd]

Excellent find, Koen!

"vaschang huenr" are as Anton said without doubt Faschingshühner.
Chickens which had to be paid as dues at the end of Carnival season before fasting began on Ash Wednesday.
Herbsthühner were paid at Martini (Nov. 11), the beginning of Carnival season and an important legal day as it marked the end of the agricultural year. I assume these chickens were raised in a way they were at optimal age and condition to be eaten in the season of due payment, hence it was distinguished between the spring and autum version.

I'm still as clueless about gaismich as anyone else but it is certainly an attribute of those geese. Something like breed, sex or age, or a season / holiday. Male gese are nowadays called Ganter, Ganterich, or Gänserich, the chicks are called Gänsel or Gössel. I do not believe anyone cared about color. It could be a transcription error and even if it has to come from somewhere. The next familiar word would be gaistlich -> geistlich -> clerical. But geese for the clergy seems a bit of a stretch as is a mistranslation of "tl" to "m". Or gaiserich for male goose. I couldn't find an example for that either.

Geese were usually paid and eaten at Martini (Nov11), the still very popular Martinigansln.
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