Life of Highland Women - 17th & 18th Century - Lost Self-reliance Skills of History
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
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"Any advice for the YT audience?" "Yea, stop watching it." Just gotta laugh.
Good advice, lol.
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perfect advise
I have been there and I have met that lovely lassie. Her commitment was amazing and my kids were entertained by her description of how life was for a XVIII century family. Kudos to that museum and definitely worthy of a visit
I fully believe that when you forget your past, you forfeit your future.
That is a very profound observation.
The English have known that for a very longtime . An Aboriginal friend of mine , was saying how the English had done a good job on them . I told him they had had lots of practice before them . I could see the realisation come over his face . Now he knows they weren’t alone , might make it better ?
@@franckorphanos2998 And the English/Americans/Canadians have done a good job on making us Native peoples forget ours as well. Those of us who hang on despite the forced assimilation policies and practices are treated with more than just a bit of disdain, often hostility, and told we're "living in the past." Yeah, well, mate that past was a hell of a lot better then what has been dumped on us as "the future."
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I love how Tom's accent becomes a lot stronger when talking to her. I do the same with my accent when I speak with people with very broad Australian accents.
I do the same when I go home to Southern Appalachia.
It is probably his regular accent, he just changes it when he's making videos
@@LuxisAlukard Yeah probably, everyone has different levels of accent and tone they use for different situations
So do I.
@colourful8778 as an Aussie I never thought myself as having a broad accent.
I was raised by a Glaswegian father and Maori mother in Australia so our family accent is very mixed, like licorice all sorts as my Glaswegian Nanna would say. Lol
I really like the idea of more 'around the house' videos
I think it's so interesting how similar everyday life is over the centuries. My mom and dad got married in 1956. So my mother was an actual 50s housewife. My dad was career military. I can tell you it was exactly the way Marian described it. When my father was deployed my mom ran everything and when he was home she would let him appear to be the head of the household but in reality she still was in charge. She controlled everything from the finances to the children's education. If it involved the family she had final say. My dad had a say and when it came to the outside world he would take the lead. Women have been keeping the home fires burning for millennia. So interesting!
Same here! My dad was an airline pilot and gone for 3 days, home for 1 day and then gone for another 3 days. When he was home it was his job to make sure the car was taken care of, as well as any painting or repairing of the house. He mowed the lawn. He loved to go fishing and was happy to take the family for weekend and vacation trips to do just that. But it was Mom who tended the flower and vegetable gardens. Both of them went the through the Great Depression and Drought of the 1930's as children. They learned very early in their lives how to get by on very little and make much out of less.
My parents were born in the ‘20s. Daddy always used to laugh when I asked if he was in charge. He said I’m king of this castle as long as your mother lets me. 47 years together. Miss them both terribly.
What a treasure she is 😊. My only complaint is that I want more. Her voice is like a calming breeze, the genuine smile, the earnest care that flows from herself.... just.... it's just something that the world needs more of. Blessings to you and yours
yes more!
Thankyou Marianne. I'm in Australia and cannot afford to travel. I value opportunities to learn and explore through videos like these.
Particularly those giving instructions for beginners, and demos of low tech /tech free crafts.
I know what you mean. Australian here too. These videos are so enjoyable for us as to travel to Europe is beyond most of us
This was really great! I'd loveto see more on ancient women's lives and their skills.
Good to hear about life for the women, always wondered what it was like
Thank you, this is really important! I would love to see more about the household crafts and skills of everyday life.
The blood is strong. I'm a child of the Ulster Scots and grew up in the High Country of North Carolina. I was taught how to forge for wild greens and how to harvest barks and roots for teas and medicine. I don't think these skills are taught any longer and that's rather sad. Thanks for taking the time and hard work needed to present another great video.
The ulster "Scots" are British not Scottish
"What can we take from history...to the present day?" A deep sense of gratitude for our forbearers for their hard work, stamina and perseverance, along with a deep sense of gratitude for the many comforts and privileges that we take absolutely for granted.
While I was watching, I was wool combing for the next spinning (which I do with a drop spindle). Fitting entertainment for this task :D
Tom, Thanks for the questions you asked. Marion, Thanks for taking the time to answer them. Thx guys for filming this and sharing it with us.
I loved watching this! I live in the Highlands on the other side of the Atlantic, the matching set of mountains in the Appalachians of Virginia. It’s amazing how satisfying it is to see the same familiar landscape across the great ocean! No wonder my Scots-Irish ancestors felt right at home when they arrived here. Thank you for the informative and fascinating video. I hope someday to come there for a visit, but I may not want to leave 😁
Brilliant, Marion talks like she's lived it. Maybe a couple of short videos with her doing some of the things she talked about. It was a good idea to do this video and it's now on my list of places to visit
Good advice, put em down and go outside and enjoy nature!! Tom, fantastic content as always my friend!!
I love her advice. And thanks for another great video.
Thank you so much! And big thanks to Marion for all of her apocalypseproof wisdow!
Thanks for the video, and big thanks to the guest. It was really interesting. Hope we’ll never forget the history.
episode with marian at highlands folk museum, excellent; thank you for focus on homelife, women's work
What a wonderful lady, Marion. Thank you Tom. That was an enjoyable interview. And an excellent video. God bless us all.
What a wonderful interview! Tell Marian how much your viewers in America loved hearing what she had to share.
Visited here a couple of years back, it's a fab place, had lots of interesting chats with the interpreters
I loved this! So fascinating! The past has always held more interest & pleasure for me than the present does. Thank you for this.
I visited the Highland folk museum a couple of months ago. Well worth a visit.
She is so awesome
I am happy for this I always thought this was missing from your channel
Thank you for this video! It’s something I’ve been eager to learn more about.
Hearing from the people with experience is always valuable and unique. Thank you for facilitating that for us!
loved this vid, thanks so much to you and marian
Thanks to both Marion and yourself Tom. Keep the content coming.
Yes!!! I'm glad it's here!
Thank you !:
Always good to hear from country folk.
Visited the museum just a few days ago. Well worth a visit for those interested.
Marian was such a lovely source of information. And was so kind and patient with my mum who hardly speaks English
Love your videos man
Great video. Thanks !
We went to the Highland Museum last October and had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with this nice lady and the other facilitators at the site. If you haven't visited the museum please do so they operate solely on donations and support from visitors. If you're from the US like we are it is a real treat.
Very self-sufficient! 🙏🏻 TY for her interview and insight. It's always interesting to learn
I love Marion!
watched this while spinning wool from a fleece that i got from a local farmer - very fitting! i loved listening to your conversation ❤️ these skills are so important to keep alive.
The music touches my heart
This is gold. You talking and listening to a lay full of knowledge. We need more of this in our lives.
Ms. Mary, I'm in Texas. I'm what people around here call "Hick" or "Redneck". But in the past couple years I waded into Historical Sewing. ...which took me in all sorts of directions! I'm trying to hone my hand sewing skills, using what I've learned from historical practices in modern ways. I'm learning to forage on my own several acres. I'm learning to keep my animals without having to buy commercial feed. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge. I think I'd like to spend some time with you, M'am ... as long as I could keep up with you and not be a nuisance!
A lovely, personable lady. Pleasant to listen to.
Thank you for sharing Ms. Smart.
Thank you Marian. ‘Bout time Tom! 😂
Thank you, Tom!♥
Hey I love these videos and I have read several books about the American Mt, men their tools and how they lived. My Grandfather was a Ferguson and one of our descendants was Champ Ferguson a confederate guerrilla during the Civil War. His family was attacked when he was gone and he became one vengeful bastard lol. It seems the Scott's are full of very colorful characters throughout history. I love your videos. I have to buy that book the swordsman you did the videos about. You always make such informative and entertaining videos. I'm really thrilled I ran across your channel. So I just wanted to say thank you for all your doing.
Fergusons make great tractors!
Let’s please clarify that all woman’s work was important, not just the work that was done while the men were away.
Thank you, that was great!
What a great video and perfect words & ways of timeless wisdom!
Brilliant ❤
i am looking forward to my holiday to the highlands and the highland folk museum and prestonpans in september. I intend to wear my 1740's kit the entire week while i see all these sites. Cannot wait to learn from you all
Great video! Very informative, a wonderful interviewee and a great subject that I hope you will continue exploring.
That flute giving me instant Tales From The Green Valley feelings.
One of my favourite ever series!
@@Squarepeg57 Same, that and the Farms series are my comfort TV
Aye I picked up on that. I swear it's the same tune.
Welcome back friend
Great video. Thanks for making it.
Thankyou for your explanation of those specific terms. I'm in Canada so have to adjust to the "accent" before I can make out things like sheilling - a term I've heard but did not understand. Would love to see more videos like this. 😊
Great interview Tom. Marion is a boss. Would love to check that place out.
Nate
That was great - thank you so much ! I would LOVE to see a video talking about what women wore ;-)
This is a great presentation simply in the face of it. You just don’t see much on the subject of women’s roles and day to day life of Highlanders in general.
I myself have a Strong Matrilineal line back to Clan Ferguson . Which seems to indicate Pictish. If true the role of women in that period is very very murky but seems to be an arrangement in which women exclusively owned property and largely controlled the political system . Which In turn allowed for the men to have a more military and herding life.
Or at least this is what I have heard.
There are pretty much no verified instances anywhere or anytime of a human political system being predominantly controlled by women for any significant stretch of time. Given the Picts were almost certainly Indo-Europeans, matriarchy is especially unlikely.
More likely, the political power gap on the basis of sex was likely relatively small, as tends to be the case for less affluent and thus less rigidly hierarchical societies.
@@nevisysbryd7450 big difference between matriarchal and matrilineal… you may want to look into that basically property/wealth transfer as opposed to political or governing power. It’s a subtle but important difference.
@@kristenvincent3622 I am aware. I was responding to the very last bit of the OP, not the matrilineal part. Matrilineal and matrilocal societies have absolutely existed.
@@kristenvincent3622 As for matrilineal, a DNA study only recently showed no strong matrilineal genetic inheritance traits in one sample area. People will shout about it only being in one area and yes more areas need covering and that is upcoming. That's the problem with people on the Pictish Identity bandwagon. A hefty amount of knowledge about the Picts has been debunked and discredited though these early attempts at writing Pictish history are embarrassingly still a popular source to draw from.
That was great, I wouldn't mind another similar video :)
Enjoyed that! Link up withTownsends, Nutmeg Tavern ye have a lot in common. They are a hoot just like you 😂
I'm a Lowland Scot. Very interesting to hear about my Highland counterparts from years gone by. I can spin, weave and knit. I bake bread also. Come the apocalypse I'll hopefully be able to barter.
My hometown in the USA was founded by Highland immigrants who came over in the mid 18th century, so this resonates with me. Thank you!
That's where I would love to live !
"Open your eyes" ! That says it right there! 😊
Exciting. In Emma Wiley's book "The Visions of Isobel Gowdie," she discusses what a woman's life was like in 17th century Scotland, for context of the larger story, its very cool to actually see examples of it irl.
More like this please!
Thank you for sharing this information of Highland History
Wish I'd known about this place before I visited last year! very thankful that I got to see it and hear this information here :) thank you!
I would love to go there and learn to live for a year.
Great talk ❤
Awesome. Brilliant content. Spot on.
This is wonderful 🥰🎉!
Thank you wonderful xxx
Thank you, Tom.
Very cool history to learn about
It was lovely listening to Her! This reminded me that I love Scotland and Its culture! Must return back tae learning Scots hahahae.
Thanks, Tom and Marian; this was a great and needed interview. I loved her line about surviving the apocalypse; I fear that may be among her truest statements in the years to come. Such a primitive lifestyle seems horrible, until it's literally your last resort.
A widow might have a brother, father or son to negotiate on her behalf.
Looks like great fun to visit!
More everyday life videos please!
That was great; and never knew that museum existed!
What a wonderful video
This is wonderful. I wish I could visit. In the meantime, I’ll put it down and go smell the world. ❤
Outstanding
Love this.
wonderful!
Very interesting
i do believe that lady just told us to touch grass. lol
And smell it.
Enjoy these videos, even though I feel like a slacker, sitting on my couch and watching on my cell phone. Would I survive without the conveniences I've grown up with and depend on? Hope I don't have to find out.
That was great information. Eat fresh not processed food. Go out and forage, smell the air. Who knew urine could be so useful. Ick! I’ll have to slowly get used to that thought.
I know the edible plants here in my part of Canada, and I love the flavour of many. But they're all mostly sprayed with some pesticide or herbicide or other.
grow your own
@@jwnomad Not very easy in a small studio apartment.
What did she think of your Highland rations?
Basically women were doing both women's and men's work.... kind of how it's been throughout history, no?
In my family, there was no gender-based division of labor, just tasks that needed doing and someone who needed to get busy doing it, so we girls learned how to use tools and build and fix things and the boys learned to do laundry and cook. ALL of us tended the gardens and livestock, went foraging in the woods and fields for greens, roots, berries, and nuts, picked up and stacked the baled hay, and whatever else needed doing on the farm. We always did the work for the elders first, though, and their pantries and larders were the first filled, their woodpiles stacked and kindling split, their homes kept up before anyone else's. Still do this even now, except I'm one of those elders (even though I don't feel like I'm that old). So when the younger folks show up to help out, the least I can do is fix them a good meal, even if it's beans, greens, and cornbread, with a cobbler for desert and plenty of ice-cold sweet tea.
For fun, we often "hunted" each other through the woods, fought epic battles (sometimes in earnest - you know how family is), went hunting and fishing, raced our ponies or horses, or played baseball or football(American) out in the pasture while dodging cow patties.
It was a good life if a physically demanding one. I wouldn't trade the skills we learned from our parents, aunties/uncles, grandparents, great-grandparents, older cousins, etc., for anything.
I do have a question - it was the duty of the men in the clan to help out a woman whose husband had died, yes? See to it that her home, sheds, and barn were in good repair and safe and secure? Take a hand in helping out with some of the heavy work that needed doing? Make sure that her family had all the food and supplies they needed for the winter? See to it that she was protected against someone trying to take advantage of her? Wouldn't her husband's brothers be expected to look out for her and their brother's children until such time as she remarried (if she did, that is)? And wouldn't the clan chieftain exert his authority to see it done? I can't imagine that the women of the clan would allow one of their own to be neglected and no doubt would put a bug in the ear of the men about it.
From what I've read and observed, Scottish women are traditionally a fierce lot and not easily trifled with, smarter than most men, and able to pinch a penny and get 50 cents change out of it. They can run the home, farm, and business and still see to it that the children, elders, and menfolk are taken care of and that everyone gets done what needs doing. Which is a lot like how the women in traditional Native American cultures have operated, and the matriarchs held more power than the chiefs even. No man in his right mind wants to piss off the grandmas and aunties.
Women are the backbone of any people, no matter where on this planet they are. As the old saying goes, no people is truly conquered until the hearts of its women have been ground into the dust.
thanks for expanding on the women’s roles, all hard work with the extra burden of pregnancy, childbearing, and raising children.
@@noniesundstrom119 And yet we get it done and usually with no help from the men. No wonder modern women are quiet-quitting marriage or choosing to be single and childless these days.
cool😎
what a lovely lady