This 54-minute download is a tribute to the role country women of the past have played in making Scotland what it is today.
This fascinating production highlights;
• what our female ancestors did in their everyday life during the mid-18-20 Century.
• their work can be seen as being hard, skilful and very significant
• how they fed and cooked for their family using traditional recipes and methods
• how they did their housework
• the farmer’s wife milking the cow
• the making of farmhouse butter and homemade cheese
• the role women made for Scottish education with her stern discipline and route learning style
• her role serving the community as a fishwife delivering fish on foot to the country people
• how she protected their men in the clan system of the 18th Century.
• just how very labour intensive her work was
• the dedication women had in looking after the family wellbeing
• the status she had within a past society