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Guernsey Folk Lore

Note 197 — Chapter X · Witchcraft. (continued 2)

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Métivier derives this word—meaning “beggar”—from the old French word “guermenter” to complain. The old Bas-Breton word was “c’harm”—to utter cries.

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