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The dress of the paludier is a smock-frock of irreproachable whiteness, with pockets, white shoes, gaiters, and linen breeches, an enormous black flap hat turned up on the side in a point or horn.
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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They are loyal and devout, true to their word, courageous and enduring; though the paludier is miserably poor, from the oppressiveness of the salt-tax, he never complains.
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
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The paludier is tall in stature; their women remarkable for their fair complexions, which contrast strongly with their sunburnt neighbours.
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The heat of the sun and the wind effect the evaporation, which the paludier assists by stirring the water from time to time.
Brittany & Its Byways Fanny Bury Palliser
hernesheir commented on the word paludier
French "salt farmer" who traditionally collected and processed sea water by hand to produce sea salt.
January 23, 2010