Family story confusion - help translating a sentence

[Maggie Keefe]

I'm trying to translate an old family story, and I'm having trouble with a quote - I don't know if it's some compound words, an idiom, or perhaps the bergsdialekt I'm dealing with, but none of my attempts make sense. Specifically, the words skinnematsäcken and näverfängslar in this context have me stumped. This was written down about 1940, talking about people from the 1880s in Nora socken, Örebro Län. Can anyone help? Thank you!!


Efter Karl Annerssa blev det en del uttryck, som barn med förtjusning härmade: "Maja Stina, Maja Stina, skynda dig upp på vinden och hämta ned skinnematsäcken med näverfängslar i ".

[Kalle Birgersson]

Matsäck means literally food sack, a package of food you bring to eat during the day. This sack seems to be made from skin or leather. The other part is trickier. Näfer, or näver, is the bark from a birch tree. It was used to make baskets and a wide variety of other items. Fängslar is plural for fängsel, whatever that is. Seems to be connected to fånga, catch. Probably some kind of container for carrying (dry) food.

[Maggie Keefe]

Thank you Kalle! That is similar to my own translation, and I had been sure I was wrong because it doesn't make much sense haha! I appreciate your time!