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{{Quote|The Friar was unwillinge to believe that I had met a talking Ferret and did ask me whether I had been supping of Brother Boniface's Turnip Wine.|[[Benedict|Brother Benedict]], Middle Ages.|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)}}
 
{{Quote|The Friar was unwillinge to believe that I had met a talking Ferret and did ask me whether I had been supping of Brother Boniface's Turnip Wine.|[[Benedict|Brother Benedict]], Middle Ages.|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)}}
   
'''Brother Boniface''' was a [[wikipedia:Franciscan|Franciscan]] Monk in [[Worcestershire]] in the [[Middle Ages]]. He was known for making [[Turnip Wine]], a highly [[alcohol]]ic drink that causes the nose to bleed.
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'''Brother Boniface''' was a [[wikipedia:Franciscan|Franciscan]] monk in [[Worcestershire]] during the [[Middle Ages]]. He was known for making [[Turnip Wine]], a highly [[alcohol]]ic drink that causes the nose to bleed.
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==

Revision as of 16:29, 18 January 2013

"The Friar was unwillinge to believe that I had met a talking Ferret and did ask me whether I had been supping of Brother Boniface's Turnip Wine."
Brother Benedict, Middle Ages.[src]

Brother Boniface was a Franciscan monk in Worcestershire during the Middle Ages. He was known for making Turnip Wine, a highly alcoholic drink that causes the nose to bleed.

Etymology

The name "Boniface" comes from the Late Latin name Bonifatius, which meant "good fate" from bonum "good" and fatum "fate". This was the name of nine popes and also several saints, including an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany (originally named Winfrid) who is now regarded as the patron saint of that country.

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