There are no Sundays on the farm: A study on the Icelandic tradition of sending children to farms during the summer

Sending children to farms to live and work over the summer months in Iceland was a common custom in Iceland up until the late twentieth century. Children went from one week up to four months and went as young as five years old. In recent years there has been a tendency to classify traditions similar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ólöf Daðey Pétursdóttir 1982-
Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1946/8062