CHAT Dagobert (was: Souvlaki (was most looked-up words))
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 9, 2004, 18:43 |
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On Thursday, December 9, 2004, at 03:15 , caeruleancentaur wrote:
> Andreas Johansson <andjo@F...> wrote:
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>> The only other bearer of the name I can recall hearing of is the
>> Frankish 7th C king.
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> Andreas
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> Dagobert I - Austrasia 623-628; the Franks 629-633.
> Dagobert II - Austrasia 674-678
> Dagobert III - the Franks 711-716
..and there's a well-known (in France) children's song about "le bon roi
Dagobert" in which each verse has the good king doing something silly and
the great St Eloi putting him right. How do I know? Having a Frech
daughter-in-law and two bilingual grandsons sort of helps. I've heard sung
many times :)
Ray
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