Word of the Week…la tire

Word of the Week…en Français

la tire (or la tire d’erable or tire sur la neige) /la/ /tir/ (feminine noun)

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A French Canadian tradition in which maple taffy is made on snow.  See Bela Lumo for photos, Wikipedia (French) and (English). For pronunciation see: Reverso for tire d’erable and tire sur la neige.

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