one pulls it out of the ground
Original French: on le tire de terre
Modern French: on le tire de terre
Notes
Chanvriers
Les chanvriers des bords du Rhin — La récolte
Loiseau, Léon, “Les chanvriers du Rhin”. G. Lallemamnd, illustrator. L’illustration: journal universel, v. 36, 1860. p. 356. Hathi Trust Digital Library
Tirer
Tirer. To draw, drag, trayle; tow, hale, pull, plucke, lug, tug, twitch; bring, lead, along, or towards; also, to stretch, retch, dilate, extend, wiredraw; also to dart, shoot, sling, fling, hurle, cast, throw, pitch fromwards.
Cotgrave, Randle (–1634?), A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongue. London: Adam Islip, 1611. PBM