Re: THE OLD DAYS (1955)

From: Len McLaughlin <len_at_nospam.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 15:44:31 GMT

Does any Quebecois still believe that the Jews have horns?

"Bidoux" <bidoux_at_videotron.fr> wrote in message news:4025B079.C751C44C_at_videotron.fr... How Others Have Viewed French Canadians and Quebec

Quebec Now - Chapter 13 : The Minorities By Miriam Chapin
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There are curious hangovers of mediaeval beliefs among the French Canadians. A Jewish friend of mine went to a French Canadian home to hire the sixteen-year-old daughter of the house as a nursemaid. The girl kept staring at her hair. Finally my friend put up her hand uneasily, and asked if it were untidy. The girl giggled and said, "Oh no. I was just wondering about your horns. The sisters told us all Jews had little horns on their foreheads that they hid under their hair. But yours is so smooth, and I can't see any"
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Source: Miriam CHAPIN, Quebec Now, Toronto, The Ryerson Press, 1955, pp. 155-172.