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Nubbel is a name for a dressed straw doll that emerged around 1950[1] representing the scapegoat in the Rhenish carnival. The Nubbel, also called Zacheies in Cologne carnival, hangs above many pubs during the carnival season and is burned in a ceremony on Ash Wednesday night.
The term Nubbel in Colognian was already used independently of the straw doll in the 18th century. It was used when people could not or did not want to give more information, e.g. "Nubbel's Chris" ("somebody"), "he is with the Nubbel" ("he is somewhere"), "that was the Nubbel" ("that was somebody").[1]
- ^ a b Adam Wrede: Neuer Kölnischer Sprachschatz. Band K-R. S. 239.