Long time no write, it is true that for lack of ideas and projects and because time is passing too fast and one is the soul goes to heaven. And we have long summer arrives while I have also taken advantage of. In all this time to emphasize:
"I went to Living History Military Museum Valencia in early July of Roman theme.
early July, I majored in history, after being at last the notes of a paper presented long ago that was pending correction. 124 (or 132) euros to give you a rather nice piece of paper we'll see what it does, say, low.
"The second half of July I've been on an archaeological dig, 15 days, the same as at Easter, as a volunteer, in an Iberian which much remains to be extracted.
After that I went to parties in the village where my mother and I'm still here, you have ADSL and take the opportunity to post something interesantillo. And the week after the party gives to rest and visit interesting places and sites of each new bags to check out new things.
This place is an ethnological collection that has a village resident. Each new visit I sack out new things and better value, because they are not junk, that's how it used to value them, are nevertheless material culture of our ancestors, a form of samples life that has disappeared or, in some cases, is about to disappear, and historical and cultural value (among others) should not be underestimated.
Because, you better make history when you have material to do it, you complain and ask "what are we?" When there is nothing to study (read destruction of archaeological sites, loss of the historical, literary, material culture etc) and having to break his brain research.
Ah!, I roll it up!.
I said, the visit this time has raised interest me the pieces that I will show that in fact may interest readers of this blog.
Before that a little reflection, sometimes getting into an ethnological museum shows the dire living conditions of our ancestors, so I can not complain about the standard of living that we have in our country, even with crisis, our great-grandparents would have laughed at this crisis.
Alpargatas (sea cucumbers, sandals ...), esparto work.
In the village of my mother, esparto could take only when opening the closure for collection, the people rushed to his collection in his later work.
not explain the working process of the esparto. Only once twisted, this is going to make the sole and once finished, the other parties.
Its development was costly in time and effort, but the hard work in the field, the sandals would last a week which had to be constantly arranging (mending) or could not be reused arranged esparto fibers for other uses.
one can well imagine the progress that led to the reuse of tires for the soles of our grandparents in the early twentieth and if there were.
And this is special. A wooden shoe, from the province of Castellón.
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Hemp: processing and production of hemp thread.
"Do not lie without knowing a thing, try to follow strictly the phrase, is that like so many other things to know about, in the village my mother grew hemp.
in the collection were several elements of the production of hemp thread.
In this image, hemp, and hemp cardadera (I suppose to remove the woody part and extracting hemp fibers). And a spinning wheel to spin (I think that's what the right).
A grenadier ("granadora?) Or cutting of hemp.
In the next picture a lathe.
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In the next know its name.
to be used as a bowl or jar or ceramic utensil was broken, make a couple of holes which then attach these parts to repair it.
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A bayonet.
not know at first glance the model, would be sought. It is probably Mauser.
Lasts and footwear manufacturing tools.
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leather leggings. I do not know if they are a soldier, horseman, hunter or whatever.
a whetstone.
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a cart to transport rocks and dirt. And that is what had to be poor, that the house you built with the help of your neighbors and then you will help them make their own, so he had a cart to put all working together, what else?.
blacksmith bellows.
This is not the village itself, this is the people it belongs to the village.
I am told, was in very poor condition, has been "restored" with painted among others, and sky (instead of leather). This was a wooden structure inside the badly damaged, so tidy as it could have been very difficult since its total restoration.
Ensenada According to the census of 1752, citing the existence of a blacksmith in the village and give me an edge on teeth if this were the bellows, but do not think so, too many years.
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And finally, and now as an extra, a grape press.
I hope this humble post I liked it. Every day I'm going to be taking more respect if the material heritage of our ancestors a hundred years ago, two hundred, a thousand or whatever.
Oh well, another extra. My grandparents, the little I have saved a plowing Romance and plow, are to be restored.
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