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Marède Rock (Pîre al Marède)

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Marède Rock (Pîre al Marède)

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Marède Rock (Pîre al Marède)

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    February 18, 2024

    Hiking

    The boulder is called “Pîre al marède”. Marède comes from the Old French "marende", Latin "marenda" and refers to a meal that was usually eaten at 4 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
    Source: seniorenportal.de/community/blog/in-den-taelern-der-statte-und-sawe/1015776
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    December 5, 2020

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    The table of sotês

    This large boulder was, according to legend, the table where the peasants placed the basket of food that they offered to the fools, in exchange for the work they carried out.
    They very skillfully carried out work such as: re-tinning of saucepans, resoling of shoes ...
    (mini-ardenne.be)
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    May 31, 2021

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    According to legend, this large boulder on the banks of the river Statte represents the table on which the farmers placed baskets of food for the goblins in gratitude for the work that these small, skilled dwarves who lived here did: re-galvanizing the pots, re-soling the shoes, etc. (Plaque on the boulder)
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