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Ida Chamness writings on travel and religion, 1927-1938
1927-09-26 Page 58
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-58- which held the water in store for dry seasons. While Uncle was working at the mill in his young years he got one finger sawed off: which Aunt Jergine picked up between two sticks and carried it in to grandma crying. The Norwegians who live in the country do most of their own sheep shearing, washing and dying the wool; then card, spin and weave it. They also knit many warm garments and stockings. For every day wear they use wooden shoes with soles an inch thick, and no backs on; only a sole and a cover of hard leather over the front part of the foot. In these the girls could run swiftly; scarcely ever loosing off one of them. Georgetta tried them on one day; and found them very heavy. And she did not have the nack of keeping them on. Leather shoes like we wear would soon be worn thru on the bottoms running over so many stones. The farmers send their cows and sheep up on the mountains to feed on whatever they can find. Uncle's cows were driven up a steep mountain side in a path called 'Snid Veien' It nearly took Georgetta's breath to go up this path and she clung to trees bushes
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-58- which held the water in store for dry seasons. While Uncle was working at the mill in his young years he got one finger sawed off: which Aunt Jergine picked up between two sticks and carried it in to grandma crying. The Norwegians who live in the country do most of their own sheep shearing, washing and dying the wool; then card, spin and weave it. They also knit many warm garments and stockings. For every day wear they use wooden shoes with soles an inch thick, and no backs on; only a sole and a cover of hard leather over the front part of the foot. In these the girls could run swiftly; scarcely ever loosing off one of them. Georgetta tried them on one day; and found them very heavy. And she did not have the nack of keeping them on. Leather shoes like we wear would soon be worn thru on the bottoms running over so many stones. The farmers send their cows and sheep up on the mountains to feed on whatever they can find. Uncle's cows were driven up a steep mountain side in a path called 'Snid Veien' It nearly took Georgetta's breath to go up this path and she clung to trees bushes
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