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Highland Homespun

£8.99

In this unsentimental yet exquisitely written book, Highland Homespun recounts a year of farming life in the West Highlands, from the burning of the land and ploughing in March, through planting and sowing in April to haymaking and harvesting in September.

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SKU: CH-HB-HH Categories: Book Shop, History Books Tags: History Books, Scottish Books, West Highlands
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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. 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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Weight 0.286 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.8 × 2 cm
Author

Margaret Leigh

Publisher

Birlinn (17 May 2012)

ISBN

978-1780270418

Language

English

Paperback

304 pages

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