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Belgian Fairy Tales
The name which the Belgians give to their country is Belgique. The English form Belgium is that from the Latin of ancient days. The country is inhabited by two races. Draw a line across the map of Belgium and you divide the kingdom into two regions, inhabited by Flemings and Walloons. Let the line pass from east and west through Brussels. North of this, as a rule, there are farms, gardens and sea coast. Here the people speak old Dutch, or Flemish, and most of them are fishermen, farmers, seaport men and traders. South of this line are mines, factories, furnaces, or flax fields and their talk is French. They are [2]called Walloons, which is only another way of pronouncing Gaul-loons. When Csar met and fought with their ancestors, whom he called the Belgii, he declared them the bravest of all. We Americans ought to know who the Walloons are; for, in 1624, some of these peopleeven before the Dutch mothers and fathers, boys and girls camesettled New York and New Jersey. It was they who introduced on our soil the marguerite, or white-and-yellow daisy, and they were the first farmers in the Middle States. Moreover, when New Netherland received a civil government, it was named Nova Belgica, or New Belgium. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 67256
Author: Griffis, William Elliot
Release Date: Jan 26, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Company
Publication Date: 1919
Publisher Country: United States
Illustrator: Carlson, George L., 1887-1962
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