Did you know that the word ‘saunter’ may originate from the French ‘à la sainte terre’ ?
We all know a chauvinist pig or two don’t we ladies – a gentleman who has a ‘prejudiced belief in the superiority of his own gender’?
Did you know how the word ‘boudoir originated?
Ironically, despite its French origins, Britain is also the only European country to measure distance in miles instead of kilometres.
Did you know how the word ‘debonair originated?
Did you know how the word ‘boudoir originated?
The original meaning of the word ‘curfew’ was ‘to cover the fire’.
The word rousquille comes from the Spanish word ‘rosquilla’ meaning ‘little wheel’. Traditionally flavoured with aniseed and orange blossom, this medieval speciality started off with a biscuit texture, but has been developed over the years to become more of a cake than a biscuit.
The poppy is a powerful and iconic symbol of remembrance in England, but did you know that the French have an equivalent, ‘Le Bleuet de France’, their own poignant reminder of the First World War?
A silence, our heads are bowed, a prayer from the Mayor. In turn the boys read out the list of the fallen sons of the Great War, perhaps a dozen names from those awful days. This would have been a village of around a hundred people.