Book ID: 95827
Moret, Jean - Louis and Albin Jacques
Le nom des plantes en patois voudois. 2008. (Mém. Soc. vaudoise des Sciences naturelles, Vol. 21) illus. 248 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.- In French.
The Vaudois dialect is a ‘dead’ language. It is no longer spoken, except within specialist circles committed to keeping its memory alive. Place names are sometimes derived from the names of plants, and knowledge of these can help explain what these places were like in the past, what vegetation grew there, what landscapes they offered, and how they were used. A useful glossary.