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    Quote Originally Posted by Prime32 View Post
    And gargle. Where do you think the name comes from? There are supposed to be water drains in their mouths.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargouille
    Not only their mouths. The picture in the spoiler shows another possibility. This one from the Freiburg Minster aims directly at a house of, as the legend goes, an annoying citicen who was hindering the work on the minster. Today the recidence of the local bishop is at the same place.


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