Barroises, Pertaining to the former Duchy of Bar

(or le Barrois), an ancic^nt division of the old province of Lorraine (cf. n. p. 7, 1. 8 and p. 153, 1. 2). The term is found as a local dénomination, e, g.y Ligny-en-Barrois, near Bar-le-Duc; Juvigny-en-Barrois, the name of our imaginary town (where the qualification en-Barrois defines its location) .

24. Béions, A localism for a kind of charrette or tomr bereau, The word suggests a relationship with banne, benne, banneau, etc., which under varions f orms is widespread throughout northem France in the sensé of a conveyance of one kind or another. In Lorraine, l)élon=charrette sur laquelle on charge les paniers ou les cuves (vats) remplis de raisins,