Pig Bath
Some families in Gascony still raise pigs for their own consumption. The pig is washed before being butchered. This pig is blisfully unaware of what is to come.
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.
A humorous drawing by Perry Taylor about life in rural France.
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.