Scottish Studies, Volume 32School of Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh, 1993 - National characteristics, Scottish |
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Going around the byres and looking at how they were constructed and everything about them was a way of passing the time for us sometimes , and I noticed that there was a quern or two at every house . I said to one of the lads from North ...
Going around the byres and looking at how they were constructed and everything about them was a way of passing the time for us sometimes , and I noticed that there was a quern or two at every house . I said to one of the lads from North ...
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This man had a big , big quern at home . There was a quern in all the houses at that time . We began to harden the grain and when it was hard enough , it was just a matter of getting the quern ready and you had to make a sùil that would ...
This man had a big , big quern at home . There was a quern in all the houses at that time . We began to harden the grain and when it was hard enough , it was just a matter of getting the quern ready and you had to make a sùil that would ...
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4 In the final three items on the previous tape , SA 1966/93 B7-9 , I had been interviewing Peter about his memories of grinding with the quern in his youth , grinding songs , etc. He said he had also used the quern in Salonika during ...
4 In the final three items on the previous tape , SA 1966/93 B7-9 , I had been interviewing Peter about his memories of grinding with the quern in his youth , grinding songs , etc. He said he had also used the quern in Salonika during ...
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Thomson Sheila Margaret Cregeen 19241993 1011 | 10 |
Donald A MacDonald Bleith Sailoiniga The Salonika Milling 3849 | 38 |
Alan Bruford Flitting Peats in North Yell 5069 | 50 |
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