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Quote:Just to add something to the Etymology of wwh's first post in 2004 . Gargoyles are grotesqe but the word come from gargouille, Old French for throat. Grotesqe from 'grottesche'.
Is this becouse they were used at the end of gutters to direct the rain off the cathedral walls?
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