Non-Fiction / Agriculture, Conservation, Countryside. / Country Voices        Life and Lore  in Farm and Village by Charles Kightly Charles Kightly 1984 Thames and Hudson first edition : hard cover in dust jacket: approx 6.5 x 9.5 inches tall: signed by author on half title page: 239 pages including index: 35 black and white illustrations. Synopsis: A collection of revealing and explicit stories told by 35 country people including horsemen, farm labourers, dairy maids, grooms, and numerous craftsmen, who recounted details of their pre- World War 1 lives and secrets of their trades to the author, Charles Kightly. Contents include: -- A Cast of Characters. To Be a Farmers Boy (the Farm Labourer. The Hiring Fair. The Grub-Shop. Farm Women.) Them Old Horse Chaps (The Waggoner. Waggoner's Wiles. They Wouldn't Tell You a Thing. Buying and Selling.) To Mend the Pantry (The Pig : The Cottager's Friend. Rabbits. Geese and Pigeons. Climming. Schoot- egging. The Village Butcher. Killing the Bull) Hill Farm (A Swaledale Woman. Butter and Cheese. The Wily Sheep. Hill Farm Family.) All Is Safely Gathered In ( Hay- time. Harvest. Threshing. Hop picking) . In Service: The Only Thing Girls Could Do. ( Herden Aprons . Sheets and Frypans. Bad- meat Places. Big House Tweeny. The Gardener. The Gentleman's Groom.) The Village (Life in the Estate Village. Two Villages : Ovingham and Rudston. Rudston Feasts and Flights . May Fair Blue. Everybody Was Something.) Craftsmen ( The Carpenters Apprentice. General Carpenter and Wheelwright . The Cider Makers. The Sedbergh Clogger. The Basket Maker.) Recipes, Remedies and Beliefs (Recipes. Remedies. Beliefs.) Glossary . List of Illustration. Index. Condition: Signed by the author: dust jacket edges slightly rubbed and with small repair: overall, very clean, firm and good used books
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  • Book Title: Country Voices Life and Lore in Farm and Village
  • Author: Charles Kightly
  • ISBN: 0500013144
  • Publisher: Thames and Hudson
  • Year Published: 1984
  • Our Normal Price: £22.00 GBP ($0.00 USD)
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  • Description: 1984 Thames and Hudson first edition : hard cover in dust jacket: approx 6.5 x 9.5 inches tall: signed by author on half title page: 239 pages including index: 35 black and white illustrations. Synopsis: A collection of revealing and explicit stories told by 35 country people including horsemen, farm labourers, dairy maids, grooms, and numerous craftsmen, who recounted details of their pre- World War 1 lives and secrets of their trades to the author, Charles Kightly. Contents include: -- A Cast of Characters. To Be a Farmers Boy (the Farm Labourer. The Hiring Fair. The Grub-Shop. Farm Women.) Them Old Horse Chaps (The Waggoner. Waggoner's Wiles. They Wouldn't Tell You a Thing. Buying and Selling.) To Mend the Pantry (The Pig : The Cottager's Friend. Rabbits. Geese and Pigeons. Climming. Schoot- egging. The Village Butcher. Killing the Bull) Hill Farm (A Swaledale Woman. Butter and Cheese. The Wily Sheep. Hill Farm Family.) All Is Safely Gathered In ( Hay- time. Harvest. Threshing. Hop picking) . In Service: The Only Thing Girls Could Do. ( Herden Aprons . Sheets and Frypans. Bad- meat Places. Big House Tweeny. The Gardener. The Gentleman's Groom.) The Village (Life in the Estate Village. Two Villages : Ovingham and Rudston. Rudston Feasts and Flights . May Fair Blue. Everybody Was Something.) Craftsmen ( The Carpenters Apprentice. General Carpenter and Wheelwright . The Cider Makers. The Sedbergh Clogger. The Basket Maker.) Recipes, Remedies and Beliefs (Recipes. Remedies. Beliefs.) Glossary . List of Illustration. Index. Condition: Signed by the author: dust jacket edges slightly rubbed and with small repair: overall, very clean, firm and good
  • Condition: See Above
  • Dustcover: Yes
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Type: Used Books

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