The small winegrower village of Mußbach in the Palatinate has a Weinlage (smaller than a wine appellation but consisting of a number of vineyards) called “Eselshaut” (skin of an ass). The name is supposed to relate to the grass growing around the vines and which was harvested to feed the donkeys.
Images of donkeys abound all over the town in crests and emblems and sculptures. I found this red one particularly asinine … fetching.
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