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Highland Homespun

By (author) Margaret Leigh
Genres: Local history
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Birlinn General, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Imprint: Origin
Published: 12th Apr 2018
Dimensions: w 130mm h 194mm d 27mm
Weight: 345g
ISBN-10: 1912476096
ISBN-13: 9781912476091
Barcode No: 9781912476091
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Synopsis
In May 1933 Margaret Leigh took over the tenancy of Achnabo farm, in a beautiful corner of the West Highlands overlooking the isle of Skye. In this unsentimental yet exquisitely written book, she recounts a year of farming life there, from the burning of the land and ploughing in March, through planting and sowing in April to haymaking and harvesting in September. Incidental details - such as a visit to the smithy, the arrival of some new bulls and the annual journey of the cows to the summer shielings - provide fascinating insights into farming life. Local characters and customs feature too, adding another rich dimension to this reflective and poignant memoir of a world now vanished forever.

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