Limey came from the British sailors who ate limes to help prevent
scurvy... or so I've been told. - Ian
chuck nicodemus wrote:
>
> Also not Alpine, I do believe the reson the France guys were called frogs ,
>is
> the invasion of Holland , the Dutch flooded the fields and were discovered by
>the
> Frence who heard the frogs and decided that there was dry land under the
>flooded
> areas and thus the fall of Holland .THAT was beforre my time. Gee I think
>that is
> the frog thing ,but limey ??
> My 2p
> chuck
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