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Normandy

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The Poles are the vintagers in Normandy. The Norman vintage consists of apples beaten down by poles. The French say, “En Normandie lʹon vendange avec la gaule,” where gaule is a play on the word Gaul, but really means a pole.

The Gem of Normandy. Emma, daughter of Richard I. (*-1052.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Norfolk
Norfolk-Howards
Norfolk Street (Strand)
Norma
Normandy
Norna
Norna of the Fitful Head
Nornir or Norns
Norrisian Professor
Norroy
Norte
North (Christopher)
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North-east Passage (The)
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