Poem: Skager vlag (the Schagen flag)

Skager vlag
Oôs Skagen kleurt weer geêl en roôd,
’t hangt vol met pronte vlagge.
Want zeumers op de donderdeg,
den zien je mense lache.
De optocht en de staltjesmarkt,
dat is ’n prachtgebeuren.
We viere feist, de vlag mag uit
in geêl en rooie kleure.
Dat, bè je nou ’n Skagenees
en wul je deer bai hore?
Koop gauw zo’n vaandel en steun bloid
de Westfriese folklore!

(In West Frisian dialect. Roughly: our Schagen is coloured yellow and red again, hung full of fine flags, because on summer Thursdays you see people laughing. The parade and the stall market are a splendid event; we celebrate and the flag may fly in yellow and red. So if you are a true Schagen native and want to belong, quickly buy such a banner and happily support the West Frisian folklore!)

Poem written by our ringmaster Anneke Molenaar together with Dita De Haan-van Rooij.

You can order the flags from our secretary Arie Groen; email info@westfriesefolklore.nl or call 06 514 819 14.