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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. THE GIANT OP TOURAINE. Gargantda was the great giant whose exploits were remembered by the old women, and told to the children. Especially was his memory dear to the Tourangeaux, the Angevins, and the Poitevins.1 Eabelais heard about him as he clung to his mother's apron at the low doorway of the house in the Eue de la Lamproie, or wandered with her among the vines of La Deviniere. The schoolboys of Seuilly knew all about him; the giant was heard of at La Baumette; and if the monks at Fontenay-le- Comte listened to the talk of the town children, they would learn how Gargantua once loved to sit upon the clock-tower of their church with one foot on the spire of Niort and the other on that of Lu9on. Now, as each of these spires was a good twenty miles from Fontenay, it will be seen that Gargantua was no common giant. It was he, indeed, who set up the great dolmen at Poitiers, and the picrre converts of Saumur. When he scraped the mud off his shoes he made great mounds and hills, which are still standing to witness if the story 1 See Recherches sur Gargantua en Poitou avant Rabelais. Par M. L. Desaivre. Niort: 1869. THE GIANT OF TOURAINE. 51 lies. You may find his boots at Chatillon-sur-Seine? they are now the Monts Jumeaux. His spoon and his clogs are to be seen in the lie d'Oleron, and his soup- tureen is still shown at Verdes. He was a giant who devoured everything. Once he drank at a ford and swallowed six bullocks, the cart laden with wood which they were dragging across the river, and the rustic who drove them. Another time he swallowed a ship loaded with gunpowder, and suffered in consequence from a colic, which could only be cured by blowing up the powder. He was a giant advanced in years, had long white hair, and wore an immense beard. Sometimes ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217269308 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217269303 |
| Weight | 0.41 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.28 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 118 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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