Old Photograph Farm Workers Hoeing Turnips Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of farm workers hoeing turnips in Perthshire, Scotland. Known colloquially as a " neep " or " tumshie," it has served as both a life-saving staple. The swede is believed to have been sent as a gift from King Gustav of Sweden to a Scottish landowner in the late 18th century, leading to its name. The term " neep " is a Scots derivation of the Old English nāp (from the Latin


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