"Hard rime is a white ice that forms when the water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of objects... This fog freezes to the windward (wind-facing) side of tree branches, buildings, or any other solid objects, usually with high wind velocities and air temperatures between −2 and −8 °C (28.4 and 17.6 °F)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_rime

Fredrick II employed many clever ways to trick peasants into being better peasants, including "Free" Public Schools.

"The use of compulsory, state-controlled education as a replacement for the gallows, the rack, the whip, and the prison cell as a way to keep the peasantry was suddenly popular across Germany and Austria. A leading German, Chrisian Fürchtegott Gellert, believed this would not only lead to a more docile populace, but a more moral one as well. A student of his, philosopher Karl Heinrich Seibt, wrote in 1771: 'If laws are to be faithfully observed, the subject of the state must obey them freely and willingly. The enlightened state which educates each subject in the duties of his profession, a state whose subjects fulfill their duties willingly and out of love - this is a powerful, invincible, and blessed state.'"
http://www.thomhartmann.com/articles/2007/11/good-german-schools-come-america

They also cut off their own ****s.