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Varpan
Warp
Getting it ready to add the weave. |
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Grav
Grave
Relatives of the deceased would have to dig the grave if they could not afford to pay.
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Kokkläklöbber
Clubbing the Earth
Breaking up clumps of soil before planting.
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Nattbak
Night Baking
Neighbors and farm hands without their own kitchens would have to do their baking throughout the night.
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I gruva
At the Stove
Woman boiling porridge as she smokes brown brain tobacco in her chalk pipe.
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Två kvinnor och ett barn
Two Women and One Child
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Vebåra
Wood
Women carrying wood home on a stretcher.
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Manäsken
Moonlight
"Little children were not allowed to lie in the moonlight, they could be changed."
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Buhängare
Standing in the trading house exchanging news and miscellaneous.
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Kvinnan
Woman
A single-living poor woman carries a burden on her back.
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Julkalas
Christmas Party
Women on the way home from a Christmas party.
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Lång-gång
Long time
Those who did not have a horse had to rely on their legs for very long walks.
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More of Carl Gustaf Bernhardson's folk art may be found here.
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