On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 02:51:18PM -0700, Roy Trotter wrote:

> "Petit Reins" = "little kidneys" ? Is there a story here?

Petit Rien is a corruption of Petit Vriens, "A litle nothing" in
French.

It's a dance in 15th century Italian dance manuals. It just cries out
for a drone.

-- greg
(currently slouching, but not as cute doing it as Melissa)


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