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"....years gaed by as aye der geen
Da winter white, da simmer green;
Da voars aye sawn, da hairsts aye shorn,
Aye someane deid, aye someane born."
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Month |
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April |
May |
June |
July |
Aug. |
Sept. |
Oct. |
Nov. |
Dec. |
Jan. |
Feb. |
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Season |
VOAR |
SUMMER |
HAIRST |
WINTER |
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Fishing |
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Men at the Haaf
fishing |
Gear & boats mended and stored |
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Fish dried and stored for over
Winter |
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Fuel |
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Peat casting |
Peat raising,
drying, stacking |
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Sheep |
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Caaing & Rooing |
Common grazing, lambs in lamb
house |
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Crops |
Delling |
Oats & Potatoes planted |
Bere planted |
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Harvesting,
drying, storing |
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Misc. |
Cottage
Industries |
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Cottage
Industries (knitting, etc) |
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All year round
repairs had to be constantly made to gates, fences, houses, boats, etc. |
Please click on the icons on the left to see more information about what
happened in each season.
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