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truie qui file sa quenouille

English translation: spinning sow


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French term or phrase:truie qui file sa quenouille
English translation:spinning sow
Entered by: Petitavoine
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12:18 Apr 8, 2011
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Art/Literary - Other / Chartres Houses And Hotels
French term or phrase: truie qui file sa quenouille
Talking about the Maison de la Truie qui File.

Contexte:

En haut à droite, le décor présente une **truie qui file sa quenouille,** scène inspirée d'une fable antique de Phèdre."

Merci beaucoup,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran
Local time: 02:06
spinning sow
Explanation:
Church sculpture at Malestroit, Morbihan, 1400s. The spinning sow appears in folklore from Wales to Russia.
http://www.matrifocus.com/BEL06/scholar.htm

At the sign of the ‘Spinning Sow’: the ‘other’ Chartres and images of everyday life of the medieval street
http://brepols.metapress.com/content/q182611x4674521h/


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Voir à Paris : http://parissecretetinsolite.unblog.fr/2009/02/05/la-truie-q...
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Petitavoine
Local time: 08:06
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup.
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3 +1spinning sow
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
spinning sow


Explanation:
Church sculpture at Malestroit, Morbihan, 1400s. The spinning sow appears in folklore from Wales to Russia.
http://www.matrifocus.com/BEL06/scholar.htm

At the sign of the ‘Spinning Sow’: the ‘other’ Chartres and images of everyday life of the medieval street
http://brepols.metapress.com/content/q182611x4674521h/


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Note added at 51 mins (2011-04-08 13:10:30 GMT)
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Voir à Paris : http://parissecretetinsolite.unblog.fr/2009/02/05/la-truie-q...

Petitavoine
Local time: 08:06
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Merci beaucoup.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  silvester55: haha , je me préparais à l'écrire ,et pourquoi elle filerait pas la truie , en bonne mère qui s'occupe de sa maisonnée ? hein ?
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  -> merci, j'ajoute une référence pour le plaisir
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Changes made by editors
Apr 13, 2011 - Changes made by Petitavoine:
Edited KOG entryBarbara Cochran's old entry - "truie qui file sa quenouille" => "spinning sow"
Apr 13, 2011 - Changes made by Barbara Cochran:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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