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Thread #157232   Message #3710286
Posted By: Monique
20-May-15 - 11:16 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Gironfla
Subject: RE: Origins: Gironfla
It doesn't seem to mean anything in Arpitan (aka Franco-Provençal though it's neither French nor Provençal nor a mix of both). You can also find it in this Occitan song, in this French song from the Anjou region, and in a variant of the 2nd line of the children's song Giroflé, girofla.