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Betula Kinderbalsamica Secuta
betula kinderbalsamica secuta
A deliberately nonsensical pseudo-Latin inscription the schoolmaster Matvei Nikolaich hung over his birch rods in Bishop Pyotr's childhood village school -- a small absurdist joke, not a real Latin phrase.
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A deliberately meaningless string of pseudo-Latin the schoolmaster Matvei Nikolaich hung over his birch rods -- part schoolroom joke, part small absurdity Bishop Pyotr's memory has kept intact.