Gentil coquelicot
So many days have been cool and rainy this season that it's nice to have wake-up reminders that it actually is summer in northern France, like these field poppies bordering a wheatfield at Gerberoy, a country village in Picardie. Until the 16th century the flower was called coquerico because it resembled a rooster's cockscomb. Its name was eventually morphed to coquelicot.
A classic French children's song with sing-along words for French learners: Gentil Coquelicot
A classic French children's song with sing-along words for French learners: Gentil Coquelicot
un coquelicot: a poppy
rouge coquelicot: poppy red
un champ de blé: a wheatfield
gentil(-le): nice, kind
une comptine d'enfant: a nursery rhyme; a children's song
cocorico: cock-a-doodle-do
un coq: a cock, a rooster
une crête: a crest
une crête de coq: a cockscomb
©2012 P.B. Lecron
