Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 17:30:11 -0800
Subject: PUPT: Can't find-


I can't find documentation of either of these.  Are they apocryphal?

The word "Marionette" originated in France in reference to the "Little
Mary"s that were used in nativities in churches.  The term spread to be
used for all puppets in France. 

When French string puppet shows toured England, the land of Punch and
Judy, the English thought that "marionette" referred only to string
puppets.

Thanks,
Mary
-- 
Mary Robinette Kowal
Other Hand Productions
http://www.otherhandproductions.com


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