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168 iiADIES' LIFE IN SHETLAND,
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You Want To Know How We Ladies Manage To...
with Then a , healthful _siipj ) osing hankering you to be after imag the inati superstitious ve , and slightl and y tinged ideal
walk why an Will hour send ' s conversa to _j tion _3 en and with paper a Shetlander in double , or -quick a ten time minut for es , '
every , spot is linked you with weird-like legends and poetical , those islands for the _inbst
_jjar associations t endowed , and with the na eloquence tives of and education are far above that of their class in other countries . The lover of the antique and
romantic has but to stroll to the ancient cairn among the rocks , her and there seated to on repeat some some sea-washed story connected crag , bid the with the lace g . uided No
p if fear the such reci a ter tal draw e will li not ttle be on forthcoming his imagina — tion and what the matters filling u it p
hear of i { Sketches gap in s good in the and fa time ith Tales , - ruined of Shetl go wal home and l of . " liis But fill discourse your 6 u scrap ? / " Tak - book e all a with _jTerc you
ysayy ladies lad to are believe fond of tha those t tha scientific t is the and truth literary and I pursuits was b ) it . " showing I am .
how g even those " few " may find my beloved , fatherland a spot of interest and delight .
inclined ladies ! Now are . I am fond You going of scorn - doin to the g suppose so hel ? nething p ; ( taking i ) cookery that f or gran books are ted , _houserbifeh and that you all /
To trium be p sure h in you the have conq no ues m t arkets over t to rifl run ing to house for hold every difficul thing ties you . and want , rove but all yoursel the m f the cause thou to htful draw foresee upon ing your prudent own resources house- ,
keeper p , which you profess to g be . , In the summer , season , you find delica no te lack kind o ) f fresh and lamb lenty and of fi mutton shfor ( an h d both h a L of ondon a peculiarl eicure y
would give fabulo , us p sums . A lad , y in Shetland , however p , may fresh procure from any their amount of t elem ling , ent or i cod f she , or wi ll exchange kerel , or herrin ound g ,
and of meal herring or an , ha ounce ve paren of of cours tea e for a market the , same _£ > rice ! ; The but ling mackerel , and p and ,
fishing eels , with . The shell wives -fish of , are the fishermen y used bring as bait the for produce the deep of - the sea deep to the gentlefolks as u presents "—which word , however ,
you say s fi must h e w she is interpret he has s to b rou " barter ht the _" twa lady . " bonnie . An " You old codlings woman go to the for will the kitchen come maister , and and _' s
you dinner . " You say , — " Oh , thank you , what shall J give you for them _?* ' "I ! mem , na , na ! I wadna sell sic a trifle . "
You reply , — Shall it be a little oatmeal ? " " Weel , since ye fish are , sa and guid so , you a makin pay f ' o _* your tae wid _" present do and as . " weel fine In ! " the —so same you fo get way your you
may buy dozens of new-laid eggs young wls—any-
168 Iiadies' Life In Shetland,
168 iiADIES' LIFE IN SHETLAND ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 2, 1864, page 168, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02051864/page/24/
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