K. P. D. E.

Minor Queries Answered.

_Unde derivatur "Gooseberry Fool?"_--I have heard some wild guesses on

this subject; the most preposterous, perhaps, being that which would

connect the term with gooseberry _food_.

Has not the French word _fouler_, "to press," or "squeeze," something to

do with the matter?

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