Charlie Fenton’s Reviews > Victorian Farm: Christmas Edition > Status Update
Charlie Fenton
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‘The census of 1871 records 24,000 female farmers in their own right and 187,000 wives of farmers working on their husbands’ farms, and a further 92,000 daughters and other female relatives also at work on farms owned by relatives. In 1891 ‘agriculture’, as defined by the census, still employed 16 per cent of all employed women.’
— Dec 20, 2018 09:38AM
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Charlie Fenton
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‘Mince pies in late-Tudor recipes use hot water crust pastry - like that used for pork pies - and contain minced meat as well as the suet, dried fruit and spices that we are used to. Gradually over time the amount of meat in the recipes diminished and the amount of fruit increased. Victorian recipes vary, some have as much as 50 per cent meat and others have none at all.’
— Dec 20, 2018 09:23AM
Charlie Fenton
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‘For rural children the highlight of the year was often May Day. In many parts of the country children were spared from school and work for the day to celebrate. They spent the morning gathering flowers and branches from the hedgerows and making garlands out of them. Early in the afternoon they got together and paraded around the village showing off their handiwork to everyone’
— Dec 19, 2018 04:59PM
