Remember Robin Hood (my favorite Disney cartoon, actually)? Well, the real King Richard the Lionheart got his name, apparently, not because he had a stalwart heart--something I strongly believed in my youth-but because the man apparently "thrust his arm down a lion's throat to pull out its heart."
Granted, this could have been an extra exploit added on by some overzealous minstrel singing of the Crusaders' bloody deeds.
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Indeed a funny fact. Made me look him up in Wikipedia (don't have better sources at my disposal) and find the following: "He was also known in Occitan as Oc e No (Yes and No), because of his reputation for terseness. I admire men who do not talk much :)
ReplyDeleteOk, I did not know that. That's really cool :) I also like it when people are straightforward.
DeletePS: Wikipedia is still cool for a lot of things (not all, but a lot)!