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Sports

The sporty types in Gascony. Rugby men, golfers, hunters and fishermen

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Coq non sportif

This cock is not likely to pull a muscle as he takes a beer and fag while watching his horse come in at the Cafe des Sports.

Price €30.00

Palombière trapeze

When the palombes migrate through SW France, hunters climb up to their cabins in the top of the trees. Sometimes the ladders need repairing. This lazy hunter has strung up a trapeze instead and his fellow hunter is not happy!

Price €30.00

La Maladie bleue

When the wood pigeons migrate through SW France, some hunters become obsessed. It is sometimes called the 'Maladie bleue', or the blue sickness, due to the colour of the pigeons. This one has asked his wife to call his work to say that he won't be in for the next few days as he has the 'Maladie bleue'...

Price €30.00

La Vache qui quille

We all know ‘The Laughing cow’ cheese. It’s literally translated from the French brand ‘La vache qui rit’. This cow prefers playing the game of quille, a type of skittles played in SW France.

Price €30.00

"Mark!"

Granny (a rugby fan) shouts "Mark!" when she catches the ball, kicked from the rugby ground.

Price €30.00

Playing card wine Jack

The youngest generation wants to help crush the grapes.

A series of playing cards with a Gascon theme. Here, the suit Clubs has been replaced by grapes. 

Price €30.00

Playing card wine Queen

The Queen plucks the fruit of the summer, ready to make wine.

A series of playing cards with a Gascon theme. Here, the suit Clubs has been replaced by grapes. 

Price €30.00

Playing card wine King

A series of playing cards with a Gascon theme. Here, the suit Clubs has been replaced by grapes. 

The King of the vineyards prunes his vines before winter

Price €30.00

Les Plombiers Landais

Les plombiers Landais.  (The plumbers of Les Landes)

Plombiers sounds almost like palombières, which are the huts used to hide while hunting wood pigeons (palombes) in Les Landes.

Price €30.00

Quille d'un oeuf

Quille de neuf, or Quille d'un oeuf ?

Quille is a skittle game played in South West France, very similar to those played in the UK. The nine 'quilles' can be knocked down in different formations to win different points. These ducks have created their own version. I hope the egg is hard boiled!

Price €30.00

Old Rugby Players

These old rugby players have joined up years after their last match together. The old scrum-half feed them the beer as he did the ball, all those years ago.

Price €30.00

Palombière - il pleut

This mushroom hunter is surprised that he feels rain… It is known that mushrooms often grow beneath the palombières in the trees. When a hunter has to go, he doesn’t waste time or reveal himself to the pigeons. We see grey cranes passing overhead en route for the corn fields.

Price €30.00

All that Gers

"All that Jazz" is a well-known standard, but when we're at Jazz in Marciac, we are surrounded by "All that Gers"...

Price €30.00

Pigeon hunter without a gun

This wood pigeon hunter has obviously been distracted while preparing for a day in the ‘palombière'. He has everything required for a fine day of apéritifs, long lunch and digestives. Shame he forgot his gun ...

Price €30.00