MAKE A MEME View Large Image Washerwomen on the Calton Hill 1825.jpg en Women waulking at Greenside on the western slope of the Calton Hill which was traditionally used as a bleachfield The sight of young girls trampling clothes in tubs was regarded by young blades as ...
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Keywords: Washerwomen on the Calton Hill 1825.jpg en Women waulking at Greenside on the western slope of the Calton Hill which was traditionally used as a bleachfield The sight of young girls trampling clothes in tubs was regarded by young blades as a rather attractive not to say vaguely indecent spectacle I shall take notice of one thing more which is commonly to be seen by the sides of the river and not only here but in all the parts of Scotland where I have been that is women with their coats tucked up stamping in tubs upon linen by this way of washing; and not only in summer but in the hardest frosty weather when their legs and feet are almost literally as red as blood with the cold; and often two of these wenches stamp in one tub supporting themselves by their arms thrown over each other's shoulders -- Cpt Edmund Burt Letters from A Gentleman in the North of Scotland 1754 see Slezer's view of Dundee in Theatrum Scotiae where this is shown http //www nls uk/news/archive/2008/04/engravings-show-17th-century-scotland 2012-06-16 Airy nothings or Scraps and naughts London 1825 engraving by G Best Custom license marker 2012 06 16 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Check categories 2015 May 7 Calton Hill
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