Old Photograph Crofters Winnowing Corn Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of crofters Winnowing corn on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Threshed corn was put into a winnowing basket and was thrown in the air. The wind would blow the lighter chaff away and leave the corn kernels to fall back into the basket.



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