With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . ays that the progenitorsof the St. Kildans were undoubtedly transportedfrom Skye by the Chief of ^lacLeod for various offences, and inevidence of tliis|)oints out thatwhenever thereis a row in thatisland the re-storers of peacewill still threatento send the dis-turbers to Further,that mothers sayto their childrenwhen they aretroublesome, Ifyou dont be quiet, Ill send you to St. Kilda, justas a Lancashire dame will terrify her unruly off-spring by threatening them with th
With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . ays that the progenitorsof the St. Kildans were undoubtedly transportedfrom Skye by the Chief of ^lacLeod for various offences, and inevidence of tliis|)oints out thatwhenever thereis a row in thatisland the re-storers of peacewill still threatento send the dis-turbers to Further,that mothers sayto their childrenwhen they aretroublesome, Ifyou dont be quiet, Ill send you to St. Kilda, justas a Lancashire dame will terrify her unruly off-spring by threatening them with the bogie man. The order of things in St. Kilda is sometimesa good deal reversed. T^or instance, the men makeall the womens clothes, whilst their future wearersdig the potato-beds or pull dock-leaves for tlu^ a result of tliis, tlie dresses are neither iasliiou-ably made nor very close-fitting. 1 saw one )oungwoman in churcli with her frock skirt hung uponher hips by tlu^ aid of a large French nail, thehead and an inch oi- so of Avhich protruded ;nvk-wardly from lli< material il was pinning ST. KILDA BROOCH. THE WOMEX OF ST. KILDA. 19 This, liowever, did not al)ate my respect for tliewoman one jot, as I would infinitely rather see amember of tlie fair sex with her attire stuck fullof French nails than one decorated with birdswings. The younger women wear hats and bonnetswhilst in church, but the elder ones still adhere tothe picturesque, many-coloured handkerchief andshawl over their shoulders. I was considerablystruck by the Ijrooches with which they fasten theirshawls. These are of two sorts — one, a largecopper ring, said to be made from an old pennybeaten out, and the other consisting simply of aships brass washer, with a wire pin attached to both cases the sides of the shawl to be fastenedare pulled through the ring and then transfixed bythe pin. I was much puzzled by seeing the womentramping about amongst the grass in the enclosureround the Yil
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