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Jirnsum (The Netherlands) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Official name: Jirnsum (Dutch: Irnsum), Boarnsterhim municipality, Fryslân province; used to be in the former municipality of Rauwerderhem, along the railway Leeuwarden - Heerenveen (station Grouw/Irnsum). |
 | | Village nickname: Kattekneppelers (catclubbers; a cat was put in a barrel, people threw clubs against the barrel, and after a while it burst, and when the slightly uneasy cat flew away clubs were thrown at it; any "lucky" person hitting the cat was the "kattenkoning" (cat-king). |
 | | Jirnsum: CoA: in red a silver fess with a blue clover- or Mauritius cross. |
| www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/nl-fr_ji.html (147 words) |