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   “This is the conclusion of what I sent in, in my last book. It concerns the work that goes on in a farmhouse kitchen.”

   

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   up. The putting up of the holly and ivy is generally the children's work. They are now on holidays of course and they are here there and everywhere, and all must get a day in town to see the windows and buy their toys, that they are saving up to buy since the harvest time. It is a busy and exciting time for everybody as the days are so short and so much work to be got through.

   About a week before Christmas the woman of the house goes to town to buy what is needed for the great day. The "makings" of the pudding and the sweet cakes and a small "drop of whiskey" which is so dear now that very little of it comes to the house at all. A dozen of stout

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   History Edit

   Date

   6 April 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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