Highland homespun
Leigh, Margaret, 1894-19731936
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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. In this 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. |b 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.
Main title:
Highland homespun / Margaret Leigh.
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Origin, 2018.
Collation:
304 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: G. Bell & Sons, 1936.
ISBN:
9781912476091 (paperback)
Dewey class:
941.150941.15083092
Language:
English
BRN:
2308362