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‘Poil et Plume’ Conference

โ€œ๐„ฬ‚๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ž๐ซโ€, โ€œ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐žโ€, โ€˜๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐žโ€™โ€ฆ ๐Œ๐š๐ข๐ฌ ๐โ€™๐จ๐ฎฬ€ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ?

As part of the ๐ด๐‘›๐‘–๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘™ exhibition, the Club Richelieu โ€˜Porte de Trรจvesโ€™ in Bastogne, in collaboration with the Musรฉe de la Grande Ardenne, invites you to the talk โ€˜Poil et Plumeโ€™, dedicated to expressions drawn from hunting vocabulary.

๐Œ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž-๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, Professor Emeritus at the University of Saint-Louis in Brussels and Vice-President of the International Council of the French Language, will take you on a journey to discover the origins of these expressions, their meanings in the past and how they have evolved into our everyday language.

An opportunity to discover the sometimes surprising stories behind the expressions we use every day!

Practical information

  • Tuesday 15 September 2026
  • Doors open at 10.30 am: coffee, tea, water and light refreshments
  • Talk at 11.00 am โ€” approx. 1 hour 15 minutes
  • At the Musรฉe de la Grande Ardenne, Place en Piconrue 2A, Bastogne
  • Price: โ‚ฌ9, including access to the museumโ€™s exhibitions.

๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: jacquesbalant@gmail.com or 0498 22 86 06. Payment must be made by 7 September at the latest to the Club Richelieu Bastogne account: BE11 0015 6651 6048 โ€“ Reference: Conference 15/09/26

Payment confirms your registration.

A talk to discover the huntโ€ฆ at the heart of our language!

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Directions to the museum, Place en Picon, 2a, Bastogne

Musรฉe de la Grande Ardenne
Place en Piconrue 2a
6600 Bastogne

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Date:
15 September 2026
From 10h30 to 12h
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