a common sweet pickle is the bread and butter pickle.
Cotton pickle may be a brand name.
pickle
Essiggurke (marinated cucumber)
The German surname "Pickle" is likely derived from the Middle Low German word "pickel," meaning a small mound or hill. It could have been a topographic name for someone living near such a feature or a nickname for a person with a prominent mole or skin blemish resembling a small mound.
The pickle tradition is that the parents hide the pickle on the Christmas tree after the family decorates it. Then, the first child to find the pickle receives an extra present or a special treat. Oddly enough when research was done to discover the origin of this tradition in Germany, most all Germans questioned about the tradition had never heard of it.
Pickel was a German surname that was frequently attributed to someone who either made or used pickaxes. From German to English it directly translates to pickaxe.
Yes, but often, it is not a real pickle. It is usually a Christmas ornament that looks like a pickle. They are usually made of blown glass.
In a pickle
I have never heard that expression before. Do you mean "they left him in a pickle?" If so, that means they left him with a major problem, or they left him in a bad position.
some people say they hide a pickle ornament in a Christmas tree and if a child finds it they get an extra gift from St.Nick but nobody in Germany had even heard of this tradition.
I think you mean Walking Pickle! Alix