D'une seule traite, Without stopping

21. Aller courir la bague. Idiomatic expression, referring to the game of the ring. A ring is hung up on a post, and the object of the game is to remove the ring by means of a spear, the players being either on foot or on horseback ; at the popular fairs they ride on wooden horses. Thus: aller courir la baçtie, to amuse one's self.

30. — 3. lies serpents à sonnettes et les femmes à sonnets, Play of words impossible to render in English. Serpent à sonnettes, rattle-snake. Femmes à sonnets, women who write sonnets.

31. — 4. Si je Pavais laissée en friche. Idiom : if I had not made use of it.