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The Dream of Winning the Lottery – A Medieval PerspectiveEven in the Middle Ages, life was a tough mix of farming, plague, and a constant fear that your neighbor might accuse you of witchcraft just because you didn’t have diarrhea for three days straight. In these grim times—when teeth were a luxury and one bath per year was already considered an excessive lifestyle—there burned an unspoken dream in every peasant’s heart: the big lottery win. Even though no one really knew what “lottery” meant. 
Back then, “hitting it big” usually meant: finally inheriting from rich Aunt Gertrude (only mildly insane), accidentally impressing the king at a jousting tournament and getting named a baron, or—truly the royal discipline—marrying a noble maiden who, alas, was blind, hard of hearing, and desperate. “If only the dear Lord would send me an inheritance,” mumbled the humble blacksmith Berthold into his lentil porridge every morning, while his wife Mathilda frowned at him—because she already had her own plans: she was betting on her husband as the jackpot. The Man as a Medieval Lottery TicketMathilda didn’t dream of a quirky aunt’s inheritance—no, she hoped that one day Berthold would stumble across a buried treasure chest while digging. Or maybe he’d suddenly turn out to be of noble blood—a switched baby, a secret letter, a holy prophecy, something! Anything to avoid haggling with Farmer Kunigunde over rotten eggs ever again.Every time a traveling messenger came through the village, she asked hopefully: “Has there been any news about my husband’s treasure?” – “Which treasure?” the messenger asked, confused. “Well... any treasure!” Wealth Through Fame, Rescue, or Turnip TradingBerthold tried his hand at poetry for a while. “Maybe I’ll become a minstrel,” he said one evening while scribbling “Ode to the Manure Pit” with soot-blackened hands. Mathilda, on the other hand, was the practical type: “Better check again if there’s a chest buried under the outhouse.”Later, he ventured into a risky turnip trade, which unfortunately ended with them owning 37 kilos of rutabagas and not a single silver penny. Still, Mathilda continued to believe in her very own human-shaped lottery ticket. “The Lord has a plan,” she often said. “I just hope it includes a roof that doesn’t leak all the time.” Even Without a Lottery Ticket, the Dream Lived OnWhether it was the golden husband, the long-lost relatives from Lombardy, or a miraculous discovery in the barn—the medieval soul was surprisingly modern in its hopes: Someday, it’ll work out. And until then? Keep dreaming, keep digging—and hope that at least the next rain hits the neighbor’s farm harder than your own.Because who needs lottery numbers when you’ve got Berthold? The Buried TREASURE CHEST and Fortune Seekers – Reese & ËrnstIn the brand-new episode “The Buried TREASURE CHEST and the Fortune Seekers of Reese & Ërnst,” it’s all about big money—or at least the desperate attempt to find it somewhere in the mud. Between rusty shovels, even rustier nobles, and tons of crazy ideas, there’s more digging, dreaming, and glorious failure. If you want to find out whether they actually uncover treasure this time (spoiler: maybe), be sure to check it out—click now and join the adventure!Author: The wife of Heinz, Ërnst’s buddy | 17.05.2025 |
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