Folk-Lore
side. These were covered with a thin layer of gloy (straw), on which the corn was spread. The fire burned under the chylpin-stane in the kiln huggie, and needed
Fig. 11.—Shetland Hand-Mill.
constant watching. At the side of the kiln stood a large straw basket, called a skeb, in which the corn was rubbed by foot when
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