Planting kale; types of basket; pack saddles.
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SA1970.233
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Summary
Planting kale; types of basket; pack saddles.
The contributor explains planting and working kale seed in a crub [small stone enclosure]. Sometimes the kale was sown by spitting it with a mouthful of water.
Seed for sowing was carried in a keshie [woven basket]. Keshies were made from simmens [grass ropes] woven from tussock grass. Fish was carried in a buddie made from straw or docken and more rectangular in shape. Keshies were used for carrying practically anything including peats from the hill. The larger open-work meshie was used for carrying hay. Earlier, ponies with panniers were used for transport; the contributor describes the tack.
Item Location
County - Shetland
Language
English, Scots
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Collection
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Reel to reel
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Good