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Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
Commune in Grand Est, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ nikɔla də pɔʁ]) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.[3]
The town's basilica, Saint Nicolas, is a pilgrimage site, supposedly holding relics of Saint Nicholas brought from Italy. It is one of France's Monuments historiques, and a minor basilica since 1950.
The town's inhabitants are known as Portois. In the past, the Portois were known as loudmouths; their neighbours across the Meurthe at Varangéville liked to gather on the opposite river bank to bombard them with a chorus indicating a wish to defecate in their mouths:
- Booyaî d'Senn 'Colais,
- Tend tet ghieule quand je...
which in the local Lorrain dialect means:
- Loudmouths of St Nicks,
- Open your gob when I'm taking a...[4]
St Nicholas-de-Port is also known for fossil remains of very early (late Triassic) ancestral mammals.
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- André Joly (1706–1781?), court painter
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