Mirèio/Notes to Canto VII

by Frederic Mistral

 

NOTES TO CANTO VII.

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¹ The mistral, or north-west wind, which, especially since the removal of the forests at the mouth of the Rhone, blows down the valley with great violence.

² Tourtihado, a cake baked in the form of a crown, and made of fine paste, sugar, eggs, and anise-seed.

³ "The while hen's egg," a proverbial expression for something rare and precious.