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Page 44 from Ethel Moir Diary, Vol 3

Moir, Ethel, 1918, Document
Page 44 from Ethel Moir Diary, Vol 3
Page 44 from Ethel Moir Diary, Vol 3
Page 44 from Ethel Moir Diary, Vol 3
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Page 44 from Ethel Moir Diary, Vol 3
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don't seem to go in for sheep dogs here, instead they use a sling & a stone, or as far as we could see, more commonly, just a stone! As we went along, passing flock after flock of sheep, we noticed that the shepherd took the stones out of his wide "sash" or waist sash & flung them at the sheep to get them to go the way he wished! We motored up the valley about 40 miles & thru' called a halt for lunch, which we had in a sort of moor. After food, we walked a few kilos on to the village of Gradbie - such a perfect little townlet, nestling snugly on the mountainside & so typically Macedonian.
We had a good prowl about, in & out among the picturesque ramshackle stonehouses with their red tile roofs & brightly coloured wooden beams & verandahs. The natives in their brilliant orange, red & blue homespuns were so friendly & nice. Each village has its own distinctive colour (home dyes) & head-dress. Gradbie went in for brilliant orange & very artistic it looked too - a brilliant splash of colour against the
sombre grey atmosphere of the stone & mud huts. We were all invited in to a peasant hut. We entered the bare, rough apartment, were each given a gaudy, orange hued homespun cushion to sit on & there we five "S.W." sat, cross-legged
on the bare mud-baked floor & partook of blevek, sweet Turkish coffee & did our best to consume hot, freshly-baked maize cake!
The interior of these houses is v. bare, in the centre the oven or fireplace - quite often - at one side a sort of settle, where the family sit in
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1918
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Edinburgh and Scottish Collection