The Domremy and Greux children went there to school.

There were quarrels between them; the little Burgundians of Maxey fought pitched battles with the little Armagnacs of Domremy.

More than once Joan, at the Bridge end in the evening, saw the lads of her village returning covered with blood.[237] It is quite possible that, passionate as she was, she may have gravely espoused these quarrels and conceived therefrom a bitter hatred of the Burgundians.

Nevertheless, we must beware of finding an indication of public opinion in these boyish games played by the sons of villeins.

For centuries the brats of these two parishes were to fight and to insult each other.[238] Insults and stones fly whenever and wherever children gather in bands, and those of one village meet those of another.