Saturday, July 24, 2004
Clog sabotage
Saint Christine
Hot and sunny all day today, farmers out harvesting again, and more mowing and strimming for us. Only two gites to changeover this Saturday, so we had a little extra time.
First day of the Fete des Remparts in Dinan today, and the reports back rate the event as excellent. We are all going tomorrow and have tickets for the jousting. Looking forward to it.
One of the guests staying in our gites told me the etymology of the word sabotage today. The French word for clogs is sabot and the people who threw their clogs into the machines were then called saboteurs. Looking up saboteur in a French/English dictionary also refers to botcher as an alternative to saboteur but in relation to work.
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Clog sabotage
