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Butter, bread, and green cheese: whoever cannot say that is not a true Frisian.

— Pier Gerlofs Donia

Bûter, brea en griene tsiis: wa't dat net sizze ken, is gjin oprjochte Frys.

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

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