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e so painful, but smoother and natural. For the moment, I believe that birds give us a
better lesson of teaching their young to fly.
Genara anf Petrito, lifelong friends. 40s.
Photo provided by Genara Madrid
Cirila González, another young lady from Ciadoncha in the 40s.
Photo provided by Rosita Gutiérrez
One participant remembers that when she was very young, her mother would
come to her room early in the morning to tell her everything that had to do during the
day. She confesses that she was so deep in her sleep that she would hardly hear what her
mother said and then when she would wake up she would worry because she would not
remember what she had to do.
The girls also remember how they had to go to the field, fully covering
themselves to not get sun burned. Back then, it was not acceptable to be dark like today.
They would cover their full body, legs, arms, face, everything. This also helped them
with the heat. Being fully covered caused their sweat to create humidity and whenever
little breeze passed by, they would feel refreshed.
The chapter about education mentioned how the catholic church came to have
control over education in Spain, in the era of Franco. The primary schools is where
religious groups would find their future priests and nuns. Many participants still
remember how they would come to the towns to recruit children.
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