Monday, December 3, 2012

365 Day Photo Project 50/365

Muiskraal
Yesterday on our way home from Klerksdorp I spotted this road sign.
The ever faithful Mr Google revealed that this is a farm but could not shed any light on the question where it got its name from. 
"Muiskraal" directly translated means "mouse kraal"
 
The Wikipedia defines a kraal as follows:
"Kraal (also spelled craal or kraul) is an Afrikaans and Dutch word (also used in South African English) for an enclosure for cattle or other livestock, located within an African settlement or village surrounded by a palisade, mud wall, or other fencing, roughly circular in form.
Folds for animals and enclosures made specially for defensive purposes are also called kraals."