[Cz-L] Sholtik

The Joys of Yiddish:

What is Sholtik?
 Where does it come from ?
  Er is a groisser Sholtik !
   E o mare sholticarie .
  From the German Schalk ?Shelm, Spassvogel ?
    Finding at all times the ironical .
      Mockery and Irony.
     In good or bad times.
       Like me.
      Oy.is dus a Sholtyk!

Hardy

[Moderator's note: Please relate discussions to Czernowitz/Bukovina Jewish History/Genealogy. Translation please?]
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