tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post1056289702801793915..comments2024-03-15T11:01:51.850+00:00Comments on Robert M Chapple, Archaeologist: Head Carrying in Medieval Wexford and Modern GalwayRobert M Chapplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00173915109971387439noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-1211489102309980142012-04-19T09:22:10.683+01:002012-04-19T09:22:10.683+01:00Very interesting post! It has made me think of my ...Very interesting post! It has made me think of my own childhood in Co. Kilkenny! Its also interesting because I live in Upper Egypt now, where even the kids carry things on their heads. I have been thinking a lot about the practicality of doing this as it is easier to carry heavier loads on your head than it is to carry them in a bag! They also carry large trays of food on their heads which, if Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077861201177095948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-20399685978816073642012-03-27T13:39:43.377+01:002012-03-27T13:39:43.377+01:00I'm very grateful to Séighean Ó Draoi for poin...I'm very grateful to Séighean Ó Draoi for pointing me in the direction of this photo in the collections of the National Library of Ireland (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/6279457924/). The photograph is from a postcard, printed in Berlin, and dates to around 1905 - this is just the period of my Great Grandmother. This image was taken just beside the Spanish Arch, in Galway City - onlyRobert M Chapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173915109971387439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-40158576237767952262012-03-25T23:12:33.147+01:002012-03-25T23:12:33.147+01:00Hi there Leroy,
Thanks for taking the time to comm...Hi there Leroy,<br />Thanks for taking the time to comment. I'm sure that the Irish women would have used something similar to the 'cotta' ... I'll ask my mother the next time I have an opportunity.Robert M Chapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173915109971387439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-63064860894371816832012-03-25T12:17:05.286+01:002012-03-25T12:17:05.286+01:00I forgot to mention that head loads would be carri...I forgot to mention that head loads would be carried using a cotta for a cushion. A google search for cotta yields: Rasta/Patois Dictionary<br />niceup.com/patois.html<br />COTTA, : a roll of cloth or vegetation placed on top of the head to cushion the skull from the weight of a head load. (5). CRAB, : aside from it's usual meaning, it is ...<br />The history of Jamaica. Or, general survey oflattylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073483782959519889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-29325615126233307932012-03-25T00:40:34.738+00:002012-03-25T00:40:34.738+00:00So I guess like the women in Kenya this headload b...So I guess like the women in Kenya this headload balancing act is not unusual in rural parts of Jamaica especially among higglers and rural folks who have to carry loads (produce from fields, water from standpipes into their homes, etc) I actually have such a drawing on my FB page that I copied from Adrian Boot and Michael Thomas "Babylon on a Thin Wire."lattylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073483782959519889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959214249692890186.post-74457618527417167702012-03-23T16:37:01.458+00:002012-03-23T16:37:01.458+00:00In brickyards in Britain, up until the 1940s, teen...In brickyards in Britain, up until the 1940s, teenage girls commonly made the bricks and did all the heavy work, until the moulded bricks were dried on a "floor" subcontracted to an older woman. . They carried the wet clay and bricks on boards ballanced on a thick belt made of rags (they called a bustle). So there might be longterm lower back disease as a result of this also. My auntie David Sankeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12411162507439820514noreply@blogger.com