Work And Customs In Palestine

Volume I; Part 2, Spring and Summer, continues dealing with agriculture in general, because the seasons of Palestine could not be described without describing the various farming tasks connected to them, and the religious customs associated with them.

Volume I; Part 1, Autumn and Winter, dealt with agriculture in general, because the seasons of Palestine could not be described without describing the various farming tasks connected to them, and the religious customs associated with them.

Volume II follows daily agricultural work step by step, from the preparation of the field to the green cut preceding the harvest, with descriptions of the geological evolution of the Palestinian agricultural land, its different kinds of soil, various methods of artificial irrigation, methods of land division, measurement and demarcation and much more. Volume II also includes a comprehensive list and description of all field and garden plants, of when and how they are planted, as well as their culinary and medicinal uses and cooking methods.

Excerpt from Customs and Traditions of Palestine: Illustrating the Manners of the Ancient Hebrews The information contained in the following pages, relative to the manners and customs of the present inhabitants of Palestine, has been collected by the Author during a residence of eight years in that country. In preparing those parts of the work which treat of the former inhabitants of the land, he has been greatly aided by M. Munk's 'Palestine' ('Description Geographique Historique et Archeologique'), and is also occasionally indebted to 'Le Pelerinage à Jérusalem par le Père Laorty-Hadji.' Some of the Arab legends in Chapter III. have already appeared in a little book entitled 'Trois Ans en Judee;' as, however, they were supplied to M. Gerardy Saintine by the Author, he conceives that he has a right to use them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Volume III, continues where Volume II left off, with the harvest up to the milling and storing of the flour. It starts with the harvest weather, the human work force, the various harvest tools, continues with the work on the threshing floor, the threshing tools, the production of flour and groats together with the tools used, as well as the different kinds of storage equipment.

Excerpt from Customs and Traditions of Palestine: Illustrating the Manners of the Ancient Hebrews The Ass, and its uses, 2. Clipped ears, 4. The Ass with the Hebrews, 6. Legends,7. The Pig, its flesh useful, 9. The Pig in modern and ancient times, 10. The Dog, 12. Canine republics, 12. The Mule, 15. Legends, 16. The Camel, and its habits, 17. Sometimes re vengeful and vicious, anecdotes, 19. Used by the Hebrews and by the Arabs, 20. The Horse, the Arab's friend, 23. Blood-horses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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