Here also was born the ingenious Eisa Eisinga, who constructed the Franeker planetarium in the intervals of wool-combing.

At Menaldum lived Mrs.Van Camstra van Haarsma, a husband-tamer and eccentric, of whom a poet wrote:-- She breaks pipe and glass and mug, When he speaks as suits a man; And instead of being cross, He is gentler than a lamb.
When in fury glow her eyes, He keeps silent ...

isn't he wise?
When not hen-pecking her husband this powerful lady was rearing wild animals or corresponding with the Princess Caroline.
At Boxum, was fought, on 17th January, 1586, hard by the church, the battle of Boxum, between the Spaniards and the Frisians.

The Frisians were defeated, and many of them massacred in the church; but their effort was very brave, and "He also has been to Boxum" is to this day a phrase applied to lads of courage.

Another saying, given to loud speakers, is "He has the voice of the Vicar of Boxum," whose tones in the pulpit were so dulcet as to frighten the birds from the roof, and, I hope, sinners to repentance.
At Jelsum is buried Balthazar Becker, the antagonist of superstition and author of _The Enchanted World_.