Size 4" x 5 1/2" (width - height)

Given the English origination of the song, the "French Hens" verse may have been a play on the Latin name for France (Gallia), which was once called Gaul. The Roman word for rooster is remarkably reminiscent to 'gallia'.  The domestic chicken has a long symbolic association with sun worship which is further illustrated by the rooster's instinctual behavior of crowing at dawn. In relation to the Nativity, it has been written that when Jesus was born, the rooster crowed in recognition that He was the "Light of the World."