crcormier
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This riddle has to do with the birth of a word.
During the nineteenth century, unhappy French peasants would go into the fields of the landlords -- these are peasants that work the fields, grew the crops, harvested, sowed and harvested the crops -- and would trample said crops to show their discontent or disdain -- and, they would trample the crops wearing their wooden peasant shoes.
Out of this behavior, a new word was born, and, of course, has entered not just the French vocabulary, but the English vocabulary as well and is a very common word. A word that you could hear everyday. Especially if you watch a show like '24' or its ilk.
What is this word? PM me when you have the answer.
During the nineteenth century, unhappy French peasants would go into the fields of the landlords -- these are peasants that work the fields, grew the crops, harvested, sowed and harvested the crops -- and would trample said crops to show their discontent or disdain -- and, they would trample the crops wearing their wooden peasant shoes.
Out of this behavior, a new word was born, and, of course, has entered not just the French vocabulary, but the English vocabulary as well and is a very common word. A word that you could hear everyday. Especially if you watch a show like '24' or its ilk.
What is this word? PM me when you have the answer.
No stinkin clue! 
