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Thread #31042   Message #4093968
Posted By: Monique
20-Feb-21 - 07:26 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Charles Trenet (1913-2001)-and his songs
Subject: RE: 2001 OBIT: Charles Trenet - RIP
Indeed! "fiacre" (coach) etymology: "From the name of Saint Fiacre, patron saint of gardeners, whose effigy was found in the 17th century on the sign of a hotel in rue St-Antoine in Paris, which had become a coach/carriage rental house." Btw, my dad grew for years pole beans called "St Fiacre".