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| Three of her daughters (or daughter-in-laws) and two grandsons spent the day with her. (Link) |
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| I thought the video was spliced together over several days due to changing hat colors |
But, no. I was wrong. Three different women, same day. Rewatching the video, the different colored hats was useful to see how tasks were divided up. I think the woman wearing the plum-colored hat is the take-charge, oldest sister.
Perhaps it is the only way to get to the items stored in the attic. Items like winter clothing and such.
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| They visited a neighbor to have oats dehulled and to collect wood-shavings. |
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| The profile and spine of this knife looks a lot like a knife used to fillet fish. |
Small details like that make me wonder if fish is a large part of their diet.
Random note: I think there must be a steady market for small luxuries like fingernail polish even when war is raging in the middle and on the other end of the country.
Selco talked about surprising items of value. I've also seen 'regular' kitchen knives so old and sharpened so many times, the blade resembles the profile of a filet knife. The stiffness of the steel would be the tell?
ReplyDeleteHistorically, there is almost always a market for luxuries even in the seemingly worst of times.
ReplyDeleteMany stories about how valuable nylons, lipstick and so on during the liberation of France and such during WW2.
ReplyDeleteSelco already mentioned also spoke of the value of small luxuries even when hunger was the rule of the day.
Often in hard times fish was the prime protein of the times from farm ponds, and so on. Many stories of the American Great Depression spoke of the value of the children fishing to include feeding protein to the chickens with fish waste.
Chickens fed only low protein grains only don't produce much in eggs nor meat.
Women will always find some way to afford small "Beauty" items, even if it means they miss a meal or three occasionally.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand it but it is true.
Wimmen will be wimmen regardless of Good or Bad Times. They can be very resourceful when it comes to attending family gatherings.
ReplyDeleteI use a knife just like that one to process poultry. The profile and thinness are great for parting out chickens.
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