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The article examines the book "Los tres gojats de Bòdavielha," by Simin Palay. The author explores the ways that this book, which was written in a regional dialect from Gascony, France, describes the social life of this region. The book can be used to examine marriage, property transmission from one generation to another, and life among a family of farmers, the author argues.

Examines the claim that fieldwork is an adequate method for gaining knowledge of everyday life through a study of the practice of buying and selling cattle in south-west France. Significance of fieldwork to the discipline of modern social anthropology; Interrelation among practice, fieldwork and anthropological knowledge; Anthropological accounting or ethnography.