Passadoc Gazette - No 143

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Who is this lady on Converse Road? It was photographed by André Abbe in 1995.
Do you know this oratory in the gorges of Cians (Alpes Maritimes) ?

Who is this beautiful Arlésienne, also photographed by André Abbe?
She is not from Barjols but she accompanied the gardians of the Maihan manade.

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The Echoes of the Week
Market
Beziers – Nice!
Robert Lafont
Ball Lyonnaise or Petanque?
One day in June 1984
The truffles
Passadoc
A surprise is in preparation...
That's the rugby!
Your memories... your photos...

At the market...

1978... in a picturesque Provence market, just like those found almost everywhere! This one is in Saint-Aygulf, in the Var (between Cannes and Saint-Tropez).

Jean-Jacques Murat
Çò que me fa chifrar sus anquest mercat varées de 1978 (vai t ́en saupre perque pintoresc), coma escrich aquí, es lo pres d'una soleta amela/amenda fresca : 650 o 6.50 centimes de Franc lord dau grand Carles /

[In other words: what is interesting in this 1978 Var market (knowing how picturesque), as it is written, is the price of a single fresh almond: 650 or 6.50 cents of new franc ...]

Jeanne Monin
« Pittoresque » Maybe because our current markets are wiser, more regulated, more refrigerated, more controlled...

Long ago, on a stall, I read « National fisheries »... Only, where I am, the country produces apples, artichokes, cauliflowers in abundance, but no peaches!
– Country... but which country? Did I ask. And the merchant a little embarrassed said:
– From Roussillon...
More than a thousand kilometers away! Sure, we were still in the beautiful country of France!

Claude Boyer
How can we not talk about it?

Beziers - Nice!

Princes Park 1983... It's the end of the game: Beziers won ...
And the bearers invade the lawn!

Andre Abbe
I was present at the Nice-Béziers final (if not I could not have taken this picture). In fact, the Niçois were smoked. Nice had a reputation for getting to sleep. Also the supporters of Béziers invaded the terrain 10 minutes before the end. The referee didn't do his job. Beziers won!

« The rugby community is one of the most passionate and loving communities I know. Wherever I travel and meet new players and rugby fans, I feel like I'm home.« , comments Anna, German rugby player,

France has a long history with rugby, a history dating back to the 1870s when British students brought this sport to French universities. Slowly, clubs multiply, the number of « fans » and today rugby is the third most popular sport in hexagon (after football and tennis – recent statistics).

2023 For the second time, France is organizing the Rugby World Cup. Unfortunately, the great adventure ended: the French team is no longer in competition after the incredible match yesterday. But the show is not over! There are still some nice encounters before the final. I didn't finish vibrating and applause!
François Abbe

Claude Boyer
Do you know that the inventor of the rugby is buried in Menton? William Webb Ellis.

He was born in Salford, England, on November 24, 1806 and died in Menton on January 24, 1872, where he was buried.

He would be the inventor of modern rugby: in 1823, during a football match between schoolchildren, he would have taken the ball in his arms to carry it in the goals giving a style and name to this new sport.

But it's a legend of rugby history.

Let us not forget Roger Couderc:

– Come on, little ones!

Born in Passadoc – in Souillac in the Lot – he lies in the cemetery of Mauvezin in Gers, the birthplace of his wife... « the head by the bell tower, to hear the hours of the lives of others, and the feet turned towards the rugby poles of the nearby stadium so as not to miss a transformation. »

Robert Lafont

François Abbe
Tribute to Robert Lafont. Poet, novelist, theatre writer, linguist. Born in 1923 in Nîmes (Gard), he was the father of the Occitanist movement in the immediate post-war period. He left us in 2009 but his work will not be forgotten. His publications deserve to be reread on the occasion of this centenary. André took this photo on the occasion of the Occitane University in Summer 1983.

Ball Lyonnaise or Petanque?

Dignes-les-Bains – 1984. Photo André Abbe.

Ball Lyonnaise or Petanque?

Playground: the petanque is played on any field, while the Boule Lyonnaise has a specialized rectangular field.

Balls: petanque balls are smaller and lighter in contrast to « Lyon balls » are larger and heavier.

Strategy: the pétanque focuses on precision and placement, while the Boule Lyonnaise incorporates a multitude of techniques and angles.

Score: The petanque marks according to the proximity of the pig, while the Boule Lyonnaise uses a system of points with different zones.

Team size: The pétanque usually has teams of 2 or 3, while the teams of the Boule Lyonnaise are composed of 3 or 4 players.

So... ball Lyonnaise or Petanque?

Jean-Jacques Murat
« to the quadrant » ò « financial statements »... coma se vei ges de quadre ben marcat au sou (per lei ribas, lei costats, de còp amb de fil de ferre o per lo mens de regas cavadas amb lo fifanta) se podriá estre de petanca que la bocha sembla pròchi dau bochin pas gaire aluenchat da jogaire, mai coma lo jogaire que ven de mandar bologa (un pas per ponchar, tres per titar) sembla que seriá pusléu de « lònga » (my pair's glori)

« to the framework » or « petanque » ... as no visible frame is marked on the ground (for the sides sometimes with a tensioned wire or, at least, by lines dug with the « 50 ») could be the pétanque, especially as the ball seems close to the cap, itself hardly far from the player, but as the player who just sent (his ball) moves (a step to point, three to shoot), it seems to me that it would rather be the « long » (My father's Glory)

Jean-Pierre Serra
The concern is that between the petanque (the tacked feet) and the Lyonnaise with larger balls (from 90 to 110 mm in diameter), there is the Provençal Game which is a declination in the South of France of this Lyon practice, moreover with smaller balls (from 70.5 to 80 mm)!

It is by this practice with wooden balls coated with round nails that everything started and more in Provence, as its name indicates!

It is pointed on one leg, the foot placed on the ground with the other leg in suspense and it is pulled in three strides, for a distance between 15 and 21 m.

And that's why we sometimes call him « The Long One » Hey!

This is what led in 1907, « Inventor » of the « new » set of balls for a shorter distance than « the long », since between 6 and 10 m, keep the two feet on the ground in the round and therefore stay « feet laid » (NDLR: feet planted) to point like to shoot.

So there's a good chance, if you look at the photo, that it's a Provencal game!

André Abbe
Jean Pierre is right. To the right of my picture, we see a player who has moved one step forward. It can't be the petanque, nor the lyonnaise because there is no plot of land.

Philippe Puzols
It seems to me that in Roquebrune, on the bulodrome fire, we commonly talked about the Long One?

One day in June 1984...

Jeanne Monin
Listening far away « the bells of the mule, as cheerful, as alert as a
large bell chime on Easter Day« Perhaps the shepherd said to the children:

« … Guess who's coming! Our lady, my children! our maiden in person, sitting right between the bag of bones, any rose of the air of the mountains and the cooling of the storm.«

A. Daudet - Letters from my mill – 1869 – The stars.

The truffles

François Abbe

We're back to the bastide. My father, André, was lucky: he found truffles!

In Provence, they are offered in high-end restaurants, food stores and « Gourmets » and local markets.

There are specialized truffle markets and festivals, such as Carpentras (Vaucluse), where you can buy these mushrooms directly from the hunters and truffle growers. They are seasonal: they are found from late autumn to early winter for black truffles.

When you visit Provence, you must absolutely taste it!

André Abbe
I have to say: « coated » These truffles with friends, not anywhere. In the photo these are white truffles (tuber aestivum) which have much less value than black, (tuber melanosporum).

Jeanne Monin
Research on several sites: prices may fluctuate according to the period of year, the overall supply of the market and its source:

– Black truffles (Tuber melanosporum) are among the most sought after because of their aroma; they sell at a high price: between 1,200 €/kg and 1350 €/kg.

– White truffles (Tuber magnatum) are announced even more expensive: from 2,000 to 6,000 € the kilo... and up to 7,000€/kg for the white truffle of Alba (Piedmont)!
[They have an entirely different aspect than the truffles of the bastide].

Claude Boyer
If you pass in the Gard around mid January you can make the truffle market on the Place aux Herbes in Uzès.

A surprise is in preparation...

Actually, it's almost over!

A nice decor for the house with photos that you Liked...

Haste Show you all this!

That's the rugby!

I know that the rugby is (almost) interested in anyone among the Passadocians, yet I will write a few words about France's defeat against South Africa 28-29. History of me « Displace »I don't know the equivalent in French, « to get rid of an upset ».

Once again, arbitration deprived the Blues of victory A former Tulonese Sudaf would have earned a penalty and a yellow card. The referee did not whistle anything which allowed his team to mark a trial in the wake. I pass on the counter-party ahead of his camp and unsightly forwards.

However, if the Blues had been better, the referee could not have prevented them from winning.

Some of them did not play at their level, the stakes of the game disrupted them.

But the biggest mistake comes from the « coaching »I don't have the equivalent in French. In Provencal, it would be « I've been told »A little too long.

Around the 50th minute, the coaches got the best players out of the front eight. Baille's replacements, Atonio... have not been at their level.

So much so for us who are going to have to encourage the English to continue, last representatives of the Northern Hemisphere... »

André Abbe

Passadoc awaits your memories... your photos...

Are quoted in The Gazette :
André Abbe
François Abbe
Claude Boyer
Jeanne Monin
Jean-Jacques Murat
Philippe Puzols
Jean-Pierre Serra
Editorf :
Jeanne Monin