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Our home in Aveyron : with studies of peasant life and customs in Aveyron and the Lot / by G. Christopher Davies ... and Mrs. Broughall.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, G. Christopher (George Christopher), 1849-1922.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aveyron (France)--Description and travel.
- Aveyron (France).
- Lot (France)--Description and travel.
- Lot (France).
- Genre:
- Travel literature.
- Voyages and travels.
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1890.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 283 p., [12] leaves of plates ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh ; London : W. Blackwood, 1890.
- Contents:
- The journey to "un pays perdu"
- Photographing a procession-the provinces of the lot and Aveyron-A lost country- its beauty and its history
- Our village and the next one- their dirt and stinks-bird traps-the auberges-life in the streets
- Vines and vineyards
- La roque
- A memorable dinner at an auberge
- A village funeral
- A cruise down the river
- The confirmation visit of the Eveque-The calvary-The bishop in the steam-launch-The rural priesthood
- The towns
- Superstitions and customs
- Our steam-launch-A thunderstorm- A delicious swim- Evening on the river- its dangerous floods
- Zoe's love-trouble-blanchisseuses- the river ferries and floods
- We dine with a wealthy peasent-The school master and sportsman-The limitation of family
- A burning mountain
- The peasant husbandry
- The peasant's food-The chestnut harvest-Thrasing and winnowing the corn- Sheep shearing- washing the pigs
- The peasant proprietor-his prideof class -his appearance - his small holdings -his overty and wealth -his frugality and thrift-uncleanliness -his daughter's dot and trousseau
- The mine-decazeville strike-vagrants -glass and zinc works-difficulties with the workmen - dynamite outrages- socialism-the mechanics' fete-days
- Fetes- the "fete de dieu"
- Home life in aveyron
- Rocamadour
- The seasons in aveyron
- The ladies get lost.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in light blue cloth with a picture of a man and two cows in maroon sketching. Title is also in maroon. Also there is a gold sketched picture on the top right corner of the front cover.
- Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
- OCLC:
- 22836689
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