... would barter with others, they lived of the land. There would be no sexual defining roles. The man and woman would share the work equally. There wasn't a state welfare. If someone in the family never had a job the family was find him/her a role, i.e. look after the children whilst the parents do the work. There was no NHS so people tended to die at a younger age. Often the Nan or someone in the family would be some kind of "medicine man", knowing many wives tales about how to get ride of certain diseases. There was no schooling system, so the children, once old enough, would follow there mum and dad to work and pick up the skills needed for them to follow in their parents footsteps. They were almost born into the peasant life and it would be almost impossible to escape it and make something ...

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