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unusual facts about Douce


Douce

Douce noir, French wine grape that is also known as Charbono in California and Bonarda in Argentina


Flacq District

The small village of Trou D'Eau Douce, from where visitors take boats for tours on Île aux Cerfs island.

Forme of Cury

Add powder of galingale, powder-douce and salt, and boil the sauce and dress the geese in dishes and put the sauce on them.

Francis Palgrave

#Sir Reginald Palgrave, KCB; or Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave (1829-1904); md 1857 Grace Battley, daughter of Richard Battley.

John Audelay

Much of Audelay's work as contained in MS. Douce 302 consists of devotional carols (one of which, There is a flower, has been set to music by both John Rutter and Stanley Vann): Audelay is recognised as a significant figure in the history of the English carol.

Paris Combo

In early 2003, Paris Combo's "Terrien d'Eau Douce" won in The 2nd Annual Independent Music Awards for Best World Song.

Petrus Alphonsi

An outline of the tales, by Douce, is prefixed to Ellis' "Early English Metrical Romances."

Reginald Palgrave

Sir Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave KCB (1829 – 13 July 1904, Salisbury) was Clerk of the British House of Commons, a position also known as 'Under Clerk of the Parliaments'.

West Malling

Wing Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., leader of The Dambusters, was stationed at RAF West Malling in 1941 & his signature is preserved on the ceiling of the cellar at Douce's Manor which was used as an Officers Mess by the Airmen.


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