Saint-Nicolas-de-Port
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Saint-Nicolas-de-Port is a commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle is a department in the Lorraine region of France, named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers.- History :Meurthe-et-Moselle was created in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War from the parts of the former departments of Moselle and Meurthe which remained French...

 département in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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Its inhabitants are known asPortois. In the past, the Portois were known as loudmouths; their neighbours across the Meurthe
Meurthe
Meurthe is a former département of France. Its préfecture was Nancy. It ceased to exist following the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine by Germany in 1871.-General characteristics:...

 at Varangéville
Varangéville
Varangéville is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département in north-eastern France.Inhabitants of Varangéville are known as Varangévilloiss....

 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
Lorrain language
Lorrain is a language spoken by a minority of people in Lorraine in France and in Gaume in Belgium. It is one of the Langues d'oïl. It is classified as a regional language of France, and has the recognised status of a regional language of Wallonia...

dialect means:
Loudmouths of St Nicks,
Open your gob when I'm taking a...


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