Note 7 — V THE BALLON D’ALSACE
Reading edition
The word “ballon” comes from the patois, bolong, bois long, which took its name from the great forest, “La Selva Vosagus,” once covering the Alsatian plain and its mountains.
Reading edition
The word “ballon” comes from the patois, bolong, bois long, which took its name from the great forest, “La Selva Vosagus,” once covering the Alsatian plain and its mountains.