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    at the western end of King Street. There is a monument of a Toad ("Le Crapaud"). It was erected in 2004 as part of the commemoration of 800 years of...
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    which Jersey people traditionally interpret as stubbornness. Jersey: les crapauds ("toads" in French and Jèrriais): Jersey has toads and snakes, which Guernsey...
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    habitation in the Palaeolithic period (La Cotte de St Brelade) and Neolithic dolmens, such as La Hougue Bie. Evidence of Bronze Age and early Iron Age settlements...
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    stubbornness. In turn, Guernseymen traditionally refer to Jerseymen as crapauds ("toads"). The so-called Guernsey lily, Nerine sarniensis, is also used...
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