Mati Nasa Daj Nam Danes Nas Vsakdanji Kruh! O izdelovanju prodaji in rabi zrmelj vodmaknjenih Slovenjie
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| English title | Our Mother Give Us Today Our Daily Bread! About the production, sale and use of water-dried pearls in Slovenia (Google) |
| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | Ethnology |
| Year of publication | 2012 no 12 pp141-225 |
| Languages | sl (main text) |
| Medium | Thesis/Report |
| Edition | 1 |
| Topics | Energy & power > Muscle power |
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| Scope & content | ABSTRACT The treatise's introduction explains the reasons for and the beginnings of the research on querns in north-eastern Slovenia. A survey of the past ethnological and archaeological research on querns is followed by a geographic, historical, and cultural presentation of water mills in Slovenia and the research on them. The central section of the text consists of excerpts from available sources and field notes referring to mill stones, how they were split, shaped and processed in the quarries below Donacka gora and in Rifnik. This is followed by an analysis of women's stories about the place of querns in the daily food preparation cycle and about the care dedicated to bread. The study is concluded by summary findings and reflections on the significance of querns - for centuries a symbolic object of autarchy - and about the eternal, global connection of this cultural element with women. They substantiate the word association "quern-bread-poverty-women". Key words: ethnology, north-western Slovenia, grain milling, household mill, quern, rotatable upper millstone, stonemason, quarry, bread, women. |
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Accession no. 231091
- Shelf location: F300-SME
- Donor: Owen Ward Collection
- Notes: Contains personal message from the author on an attractive bookmark
