A Serbian VillageHarper & Row, 1967 - 358 pages |
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... pigs . The pigs were fed on the acorns in the forest and represented the main source of cash income . The woods were the peasant's greatest asset . Aside from providing grazing ground for the swine and other animals and wood for fuel ...
... pigs . The pigs were fed on the acorns in the forest and represented the main source of cash income . The woods were the peasant's greatest asset . Aside from providing grazing ground for the swine and other animals and wood for fuel ...
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... pigs ' feed was supplemented with corn , which the peasant brought to his herd in the woods . But acorns were most important ; in fact , the standard greeting when one Šumadijan met another in the forest was , " Do you have acorns ...
... pigs ' feed was supplemented with corn , which the peasant brought to his herd in the woods . But acorns were most important ; in fact , the standard greeting when one Šumadijan met another in the forest was , " Do you have acorns ...
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... pigs ; go to town for salt , kerosene ; chop wood ; feed , water stock Feed chickens ; haul wa- ter ; weave ; chat with vis- iting relative ; milk cows $ Table 4. The Orašac Population by Occupational Groups , 1953. Domaćin ( Head of ...
... pigs ; go to town for salt , kerosene ; chop wood ; feed , water stock Feed chickens ; haul wa- ter ; weave ; chat with vis- iting relative ; milk cows $ Table 4. The Orašac Population by Occupational Groups , 1953. Domaćin ( Head of ...
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The Setting | 1 |
FIGURES | 17 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
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