tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post3204754454087296975..comments2024-03-28T11:41:43.558+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Details — Château du MoulinKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-52570034575193124002016-07-05T06:32:04.901+02:002016-07-05T06:32:04.901+02:00Well, thank YOU, Thickethouse, because you mention...Well, thank YOU, Thickethouse, because you mentioned the German and Hungarian name of that game that meant <i>moulin</i> in French. I still don't know what the game's connection is to a mill. (Mill = three pawns in a row?) I'll further my research.<br /><br />This <a href="http://ludoteka.com/moulin.html" rel="nofollow">website in French</a> gives the rules of the game and says a simpler version is ..."tic-tac-toe". Who knew?<br /><br />And if you wondered about <i>les crottes de chameau,</i> they just were used as pawns. Lol.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33414388742213927622016-07-05T02:20:54.651+02:002016-07-05T02:20:54.651+02:00I wonder if, in addition to the possible reference...I wonder if, in addition to the possible references to games and names, there might have been some memory or experience there then of the Middle East -- tales of crusades, or Moorish influence (did it get that far north?).Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-81485436621404709962016-07-04T23:44:03.573+02:002016-07-04T23:44:03.573+02:00Thank you, chm, for putting two and two together a...Thank you, chm, for putting two and two together as I was too sleepy to do last night. I recognized the game pattern because our family plays it, or used to when my kids were younger. But of course, it must have been used because of the connection to the name of the Chateau. Thanks!Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-52191406200686437572016-07-04T19:01:06.731+02:002016-07-04T19:01:06.731+02:00Love the carved stone window frames with moss. Al...Love the carved stone window frames with moss. Also the leaded glass window panes that have shifted over time.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-30844205212835150122016-07-04T17:01:14.597+02:002016-07-04T17:01:14.597+02:00Before today I had never heard of le jeu du moulin...Before today I had never heard of <i>le jeu du moulin</i> which according to Wikipedia has been around in Europe and elsewhere for two thousand years or longer. In France it is also called <i>marelle,</i> but that is a homonym of another game <i>la marelle</i> which most children have played at some time. It is quite different from <i>le moulin</i>. That shows you can always learn something new, no matter how old you are!<br /><br />So it is very appropriate that the board of that game was constructed in a wall of château du Moulin.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-85498422144643116172016-07-04T16:58:04.576+02:002016-07-04T16:58:04.576+02:00There is always something interesting to learn her...There is always something interesting to learn here on your blog, Monsieur Ken :)Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-22904843898452665852016-07-04T14:12:20.975+02:002016-07-04T14:12:20.975+02:00Wow ... I will be thankful that we always had wind...Wow ... I will be thankful that we always had windows.<br />I would not say no to a home with mullioned windows. Notes From ABroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12202279303962539035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-52179311718251046542016-07-04T10:55:33.965+02:002016-07-04T10:55:33.965+02:00I'm wondering if the architect who built the c...I'm wondering if the architect who built the château du Moulin knew about that German and Hungarian game the name of which means <i>moulin</i> to incorporate it in the walls of the <i>château of the Mill</i>? Or was it <i>M. de Mill</i> himself who suggested it?chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-83067614282588216982016-07-04T09:34:49.477+02:002016-07-04T09:34:49.477+02:00It's too bad comments on Blogger can't be ...It's too bad comments on Blogger can't be edited, but that's the way it is.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-8788100355954492702016-07-04T09:34:15.884+02:002016-07-04T09:34:15.884+02:00I knew a man who grew up in south Florida in the 1...I knew a man who grew up in south Florida in the 1930s and 1940s. He said his family's house didn't have windows with glass in them but waxed paper. That kept out the rain and the mosquitoes in the summertime. In the winter, it was all the insulation people needed. His family didn't live in a château, that's for sure (nor did mine in N.C.).Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-91865580807487794812016-07-04T09:28:07.136+02:002016-07-04T09:28:07.136+02:00The amount of work that went into these places is ...The amount of work that went into these places is mind-boggling. Gorgeous photos.<br />Did you know the start-off point for the Renaissance is 1492, when Columbus sailed the ocean blue? <br />The larger windows also coincided with better glass-making. In the Middle Ages, people put up a kind of waxed paper in windows, so you can imagine they kept the windows small, not to let in too many drafts in winter.Taste of Francehttp://francetaste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-88028088383861013842016-07-04T09:26:25.254+02:002016-07-04T09:26:25.254+02:00It is very late and I am mad that I put that apost...It is very late and I am mad that I put that apostrophe in the word Germans. Bah!Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-6175663275427808912016-07-04T09:23:55.153+02:002016-07-04T09:23:55.153+02:00It is the pattern for the game the English call Ni...It is the pattern for the game the English call Nine Men's Morris and German's and Hungarians called Muhle and Malom which words mean The Mill. I can imagine children in the desert playing it, too. A classic.<br /><br />The details of the chateau are very nice, I think.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.com