Provençal proverb

Faire San-Miquèu.

Miscellaneous

Maritime Provençal

Faire San-Miquèu.

Meaning

To do Saint Michael's.

Note : This is the day consecrated by local custom in Provence for changing one's lodgings.

Theme

Miscellaneous

Source : La Tour-Keyrié, Recueil de proverbes provençaux (1882), Gallica — public domain. Maritime Mistralian normalisation by Lingua Nostra.

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