This grotesque-style 19th-century nutcracker carved in the shape of a tête de vieillard has been cracking walnuts and hazelnuts for generations in a French friend's family.
un casse-noix, un casse-noisette: a nutcracker
une noix: a walnut
une noisette: a hazelnut
un vieillard: an old man
l'art populaire: folk art
©2012 P.B. Lecron
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