Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-17
the EngOtS OF Brittany.

An Eoelish traveller writes All this district
between Auray ana Ifcnnebon) has its prehss
toric icmaia5, far iaer aad bigger than the
Cornish. Carnac is ID! far Of; aud eromeca5
(dolmcns the Bretoo5 c.il thsm) abolod. son,
Of them with seg:fa! chln5ars, soma still caV-
erel with earth, a7l thus forming barro"j win
stone rooled caves iasidG. Tha biggest Is az
ker l. )nl1uh, there il another a. PIouermol,
sad snother a. hsrcoob, tho nanssiSc-lor
Cornish and Breton namas arc often ldentical
of that kcrfoR Oh the Stop, or Clapei Ciro
B,es, which is 10 sigh: boh Of LI1ts Il ID aod
Cane Cornwall. ksrt1oh, howsver, was to 90
chiefly notable f.. aa0thcr rcaso1; found II
had been village Of Cagots-:hose strapg,
outcasts about whom s) many coolecure3 nave
been made by French autiqulrles IS.
In ueichboring church 81. Caradoc. thlok,
YOU nav sill see the separate holy water stoup,
which they alone W,ra allowed to u'a, and tne
marx 10 the wall beyoal Whch nons OF them
were permitted to approach. When they took
the s1cr ramca: i. WAS oroushtto to the piac: wnere
they kaee close By 'the Casots door; "aen
those sorakiugs went on which are so common
10 Roman Catholic worship, the Cigots Were
jpiuklcd with the wrong end OF the 1olY wafer
brush. Even 10 death they were divided from
the res! CT tha parlshooer5 and, aespite q toyai
.dict to tho c,ntary, this state OF Isolation
lasted till the Ravolu!ioo; nay. i. still fingers
oa in the Fceach PyraGecs, and sHll Ii >re IA
Spain, where urdar the name OF Agote5' the
Cago,s we're slII looked on as degraded race
n, girl of Ariz1uo or Uri.x, or indeed OF all
TJppsr Navarro, would th,nk OF marrying an
Asotc. spoke Of Ketr0oh; there. less than two
hundred years ago, the Cagots, or Cdq1ots
(c.cos 10 low Ll,i1}, waro still people ap'rt;
ihcv were ropem .kers, 40: slloTed to rent lauo
Jr keep cattle, except enough to draw tneir
,ar,s. II ooa Of them did kill a COW or sheep,
| 40 Que bat hi, brother C.sot5 ,u'd buI any ot
| il. They w.rc nor allow ii to Va k about bare
| oot lest they should dtia tho ground, anu
| hey were hound to wear 90 their c1atj. Wlen
| ,hey waat sbr0li, patch OF red cloth IN the
| shape of . goo:es foo:, 50 that everyone mlSut
| know uh1 they were.
| Ir 1867 two ropemsk.rs Of PluViyuer Dig
! village near Aursy, died IN, foYt o1ic', pass
ed six years before. bad .oolshsi al dis.lGc.'oho
| 0etwceu CagDIs and o.uor peasants, Sd LUG t"o
| we're :sscn 70 the chu7cn, aad the pfles. pagan
his service. 4 crowd soon gathered, hoWevee'
| AID b-0Sc into taG church, s2;z!nS tne con Is
| AID Qn9as tden ou: on the hsh rosa 1ne
gomen ware the most uriHus OF them All suu,
| VEGA the seaeacAal OF LGe roJal ColTI o. array
! n.ma TO ih9 piac, with MI ii; posia comlta.us
| sod bia isyein me1 and his gf.ni rcbs'. sod
| saw that the bodies wgra ps.cn'u!ly pu. mt tue
| ground they s.!cretuy their husbands, snd tlsn'
| selves helped 10 dix open Tho graves ana n'hg
the colEi Il. oaco more out oa ms rosa. VI coafae
punlsnmeat followed; SIX OF tho nag les1e!s
| were put in prison. T. nan ana woman nau tnelf
| sccdg COD IS 4.ot aud wcro banged =: Autny
But you cant make peOple anli gh.eaed by ACT OF
| Parliament; and so ulnI the H9Volu:loa leVeteu
| all dist!uc!i5ns this Gag go.3 Ware s.lll rssirleu
| with eus pIcloG snd dislike.