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Posted By: Liz the Squeak
25-Jun-05 - 07:17 AM
Thread Name: Origins: What are 'Frogs and Square Heads'?
Subject: RE: Origins: What are 'Frogs and Square Heads'?

During the Napoleonic era, the French were known as 'Crapauds' which is French for toad.

So really they should be Toads, not frogs, but I guess frogs is more alliterative.

LTS