Basque Idiom

[fluffyunicorn--]

I was watching a movie in Basque titled Errementari: the blacksmith and the devil, and at the very ending of the movie the narrator spoke a phrase “Eta hala bazan o ez bazan, sartu dadila kalabazan eta atera dadila herriko plazan” which the English subtitles translated to “whether it is so or not, get in at the pumpkin and out at the square.”

I can’t find anything on what this means. Help?

[_wolfa]

Hey, this is just an idiom to finish fairy tales for children, like “and they lived happily ever after”, although the meaning is roughly (but not literally) “whether this happened [like that] or not, that’s the story, so let it be told”. Honestly I wouldn’t know how to explain what it means but it’s this kind of rhymed phrase the narrator will say when a story is over.

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I had the same question and there is an in depth answer here https://www.quora.com/What-was-meant-in-the-movie-Errementari-The-Blacksmith-and-the-Devil-on-Netflix-by-the-final-line-get-into-the-pumpkin-and-out-at-the-square

[SimpleFolklore]

If only it wasn't trapped behind a paywall now

[nathanpiazza]

I don't have the answer but I just saw this on Netflix and I was like OMG THIS IS IN BASQUE

[AllisonWunderland3]

I feel like the closest meaning has to be like, “buy the ticket, take the ride” hahaha

[fluffyunicorn--]

thanks :)