"Bûter, brea en griene tsiis: wa't dat net sizze ken, is gjin oprjochte Frys."
— Pier Gerlofs Donia

January 1, 1970

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Military leaders from the Netherlands
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According to legend, Pier forced his captives to repeat this shibboleth to distinguish Frisians from Dutch and Low Germans.