Good idea Henry. A "friperie" in french is a boutique of second hand clothes. Claire At 11:17 AM 3/1/99 -0500, you wrote: >A slightly tongue-in-cheek suggestion: > >The surname Fripp comes from the French for "dealer in rags". > >Could the place-name Ste-Fripette be derived from the site of a rag-well ? > > Claire Labrecque Departement d'histoire Université Laval, Québec, ca. [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%