HANG IN THERE

Accrochez-vous.

If I'm not mistaken this statue, during the final stages of its restoration, would be a representation of the Apostle Paul with his scroll. Façade of the Cathédrale d'Amiens.

Vocabulary

s'accrocher:  to hang on (reflexive)

accrocher:  to hang something

attacher:  to buckle, to attach

une ceinture de sécurité:  a safety belt

un rouleau de parchemin, un manuscript:  a scroll

Photo courtesy of Marianne Lecron

©2013 P.B. Lecron

HEDGEHOG

Parez un hérisson, il semblera baron.

This 17th century French adage advises that one should never judge another according to appearances: Dress up a hedgehog and it will look like a baron.

This hedgehog can be admired in all its modest splendor on the façade near the central portal of the Cathédrale d'Amiens.

Vocabulary

un hérisson:  a hedgehog

parer:  to adorn

©2013 P.B. Lecron