>>>And would the "roy" bit refer to "le roi", i.e. french for king, so "bastard son of the king"?
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>>>Incidentally it was perportedly Henry VIII who named the beef cut "sirloin". So the story goes, he was presented with some beef, liked it, asked the chef what cut it was. "Sur loin" (above the loin) answered the chef, and H, seeing the pun, knighted the cut "Sir Loin".
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>>Are the descendants of that cow now Landed?
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>I would certainly hope the one that Jumped over the Moon has.

I don't think so. I saw a film once where the cow did that while the dish was running away with the spoon. The cow's collar got caught on the lower sickle-like point of the moon. AFAIK she's still up there. I think it was a documentary.