the salt of the earth

the best people Farmers were described as the best, the salt of the earth, particularly when their products were needed to feed the army.

Etymology: based on the high value salt had in the past, and used in the Bible

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lizzie	LIZ-ee	English
Brooklyn	BRUWK-lin	English (Modern)
Daniel	DAN-yəl (English), dah-nee-EL (Jewish), dan-YEL (French), DAH-nee-el (German), DAHN-yel (Polish)	English, Hebrew, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Portugu
'Adinah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Karcsi	-	Hungarian
Mordikai	MAWR-də-kie	English (Rare)