The Russians have a word, "shirami", which is derived from the French, "cher ami" or "dear friend". In begging for food, French stragglers in the Napoleonic invasion always addressed their host as "shirami". In Russian, it means a tramp. No hospital was ever supported as widely or as long as the Royal Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, founded by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1499. For a period of 310 years, every Spanish farmer was obliged to make an annual contribution to the hospital at the rate of one-third of a bushel of grain for every pair of oxen, mules, or donkeys he owned. The tax was finally terminated by Napoleon when he invaded Spain in 1809. Believe It or Not!
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