. The land of heather . nd I thraws a five punnote onto the tawble, and I says, Fll aye wager onymon here that I hae the best hoosekeeper i the coon-try roond— I did that! and they daurna ony montak me oop. He had another lass on the farm who was a goodhousekeeper too; but she was cross-eyed, ane e*eglowerin up the lum (chimney), the ither i the kail-pot ; and he was particular about his victuals, anddid not feel sure that a person who saw so crookedwould not get them mixed. So he kept her atfield tasks usually. Still, she took the place of thehousekeeper now and then, because the latter objec
. The land of heather . nd I thraws a five punnote onto the tawble, and I says, Fll aye wager onymon here that I hae the best hoosekeeper i the coon-try roond— I did that! and they daurna ony montak me oop. He had another lass on the farm who was a goodhousekeeper too; but she was cross-eyed, ane e*eglowerin up the lum (chimney), the ither i the kail-pot ; and he was particular about his victuals, anddid not feel sure that a person who saw so crookedwould not get them mixed. So he kept her atfield tasks usually. Still, she took the place of thehousekeeper now and then, because the latter objectedto being indoors all the time, and wanted to work inthe open air for a change. There were women laborerson every farm in the district, some old, some young,and they did all sorts of work, except the very wage of a woman working by the day was ordi-narily fifteen pence. A young girl, however, who hiredout on a farm by the year would live at the farm-house and receive six pounds for her first years work,. The Ways of the Farm Folk 6^ about ten for the second, and possibly fifteen the thirdyear. Besides the girls living on the farm, Hillocks for apart of the time had several feminine day-workers. 1went with him on one occasion to visit a many-acredpotato field where four such helpers were of them were, married women from the clachan ;yet the fact they had homes and husbands to care fordid not prevent their hiring out to the farmers whenopportunity offered. With their wide straw hats, lightaprons, and long-handled hoes the squad in the potatofield looked very picturesque, and even attractive; fortheir attire had a neatness and freshness scarcely to beexpected under the circumstances, and three of themhad nosegays pinned to their gowns. Their tongueswere running on with great animation, but they keptsteadily at work just the same. In my calls on Hillocks the old farmer never failedto emphasize his hospitality by offering to treat me,and the first time he
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