The English Countrywoman: A Farmhouse Social History, A.D. 1500-1900A. Melrose, 1953 - 221 páginas |
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... winter evenings spinning was more comfortable . She sat by the fire and spun the wool she had collected lock by lock ... winters more severe than we know . They were a hardy lot . They had to be to survive . Before marriage , or rather ...
... winter evenings spinning was more comfortable . She sat by the fire and spun the wool she had collected lock by lock ... winters more severe than we know . They were a hardy lot . They had to be to survive . Before marriage , or rather ...
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... winter . On a stone floor and in a perhaps un- heated chapel the winter celebration must have been a chilly business , but our ancestors were a hardy lot . After prayers 84 THE ENGLISH COUNTRY WOMAN A.D. 1500-1900.
... winter . On a stone floor and in a perhaps un- heated chapel the winter celebration must have been a chilly business , but our ancestors were a hardy lot . After prayers 84 THE ENGLISH COUNTRY WOMAN A.D. 1500-1900.
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... winter evenings was making rugs . Once a month , perhaps , Mrs. Home recreated herself by taking tea at a neighbour's and sometimes on winter afternoons she played a game of draughts . Her cooking was perfection in the recollection of ...
... winter evenings was making rugs . Once a month , perhaps , Mrs. Home recreated herself by taking tea at a neighbour's and sometimes on winter afternoons she played a game of draughts . Her cooking was perfection in the recollection of ...
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List of Illustrations Page | vii |
The Elizabethan Countrywoman | 17 |
Cavalier and Puritan Countrywomen | 43 |
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