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By Caron, Jean-François
The Golden Dog
In Passage du Chien d’Or, an alleyway near the top of the Côte de la Montagne in Quebec City, an enigmatic bas-relief adorns the pediment of the Louis S. St. Laurent building, the former main post office. It shows a golden dog gnawing on a bone with the following inscription: “Je suis un chien qui ronge lo / En le rongeant je prend mon repos / Un tems viendra qui nest pas venu / Que je morderay qui maura mordu” (I am a dog gnawing my bone / In so doing I rest alone / A time will come that’s yet to be / When I bite he who’s bitten me). This odd verse has given rise to a number of legend...
The English version of the Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America is online since December 15th, 2009. It features an ever growing number of articles, documents and resources on the heritage of French-speaking North America.
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