?? M. is a seventy year old, young and very outgoing woman who tells us the story of how people used to flirt in her youth. It is a very particular story in Tui, because above all the men took advantage of the times of the \u201cferias\u201d (local festivities). Both girls and boys wore their best clothes for the \u201cferias\u201d since \u201cTui was a prestigious city\u201d. Tui had so much power that many girls did the same as M.: put on their shoes at the last moment, right before arriving at the town, on the Roman bridge so as not to make them dirty or wear out the sole.
\nOnce everyone was gathered in the square, the boys could take the initiative and touch a girl from behind. “If the girl accepted your proposal, you could dance with her.” If the man had liked the girl, he could ask her for another dance, and if the girl said yes for the second time, the more serious courtship began, since both parties were interested.
\nWe cannot forget that not all couples were formed at those festivities, since many marriages were arranged by families by agreements of economic interests, both to save capital and to expand it, for example by adjoining farms.<\/p>\n
?? M. es una mujer joven de setenta a\u00f1os muy extrovertida que nos cuenta la historia de c\u00f3mo se cortejaba unos a\u00f1os atr\u00e1s, cuando ella era joven. Es una historia muy particular en Tui, porque sobre todo aprovechaban los hombres las \u00e9pocas de ferias.<\/p>\n
Tanto las chicas como los chicos vest\u00edan sus mejores galas en las ferias ya que Tui era \u201cciudad de prestigio”. Era tanto el poder que ten\u00eda Tui que muchas chicas hac\u00edan lo mismo que M.: ponerse los zapatos al llegar, en el \u00faltimo momento, en el puente romano para no ensuciarlos ni gastar la suela.<\/span><\/p>\n Una vez que se reun\u00edan todos\/as en la plaza, los chicos podr\u00edan tomar la iniciativa y tocar a una chica por detr\u00e1s. “Si la chica te dec\u00eda que s\u00ed pod\u00edas bailar con ella.” Si al hombre le hab\u00eda gustado la chica pod\u00eda pedirle otro baile, y si la chica le dec\u00eda que s\u00ed por segunda vez empezaba el cortejo m\u00e1s serio, ya que ambas partes estaban interesadas.<\/span><\/p>\n No podemos olvidar, que no todas las parejas se formaban en las fiestas, ya que muchos matrimonios eran concertados por las familias por pactos de intereses econ\u00f3micos, tanto para salvaguardar el capital como para ampliarlo, haciendo por ejemplo uniones de fincas que colindaban.<\/span><\/p>\n ?? P.tells us how his childhood was, and the truth is that it was not easy at all. She had to milk the cows with her father and brother every day, then they would carry the milk in buckets and walk all the way from her village to Tui to sell it house by house. Once that work was done, she went to school to educate herself, something that she loved. Sometimes her brother couldn’t go milking and she had to do both of their jobs, which meant working longer and getting less class time, and she didn’t like that.<\/p>\n When she \u201cgrew up\u201d, her life continued to be linked to the countryside, since at the age of 12 already she had to work like all children of that age, since she had to contribute to the household economy. But there is more: P. got married and had three children, and with small children and all the household chores, she continued working in the fields with the cows. Moreover, she tells us that she had three children and ten cows in the corral.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This story shows us how difficult life was for women before, as they were mothers, housewives and full-time workers, but not recognized as such.<\/span><\/p>\n ?? P. nos relata c\u00f3mo fue su infancia, y la verdad que no fue nada f\u00e1cil. Ella ten\u00eda que ir a orde\u00f1ar las vacas con su padre y su hermano todos los d\u00edas, despu\u00e9s cargaban la leche en c\u00e1ntaras y se ven\u00edan desde la aldea hasta Tui para poder venderla casa por casa. Una vez hecho ese trabajo, ella iba a clase para poder aprender, algo que le encantaba. A veces, su hermano no pod\u00eda ir a orde\u00f1ar y ella ten\u00eda que hacer el trabajo de los dos, por lo que implicaba tardar m\u00e1s y recibir menos tiempo de clase, y eso a ella no le gustaba.<\/p>\n Una vez que creci\u00f3 su vida sigui\u00f3 ligada al campo, ya que con 12 a\u00f1os ten\u00eda que trabajar al igual que todos los\/as ni\u00f1os\/as de esa edad, ya que hab\u00eda que colaborar en la econom\u00eda del hogar. Pero esto no acaba aqu\u00ed, porque Pilar se cas\u00f3 y tuvo tres hijos, y con hijos peque\u00f1os y con todas las tareas del hogar, ella segu\u00eda trabajando en el campo con las vacas. Es m\u00e1s, nos cuenta que ten\u00eda tres hijos y diez vacas en el corral. Esta historia nos muestra lo dif\u00edcil que era la vida de las mujeres antes, ya que eran madres, amas de casa y trabajadoras a tiempo completo, pero no reconocidas como tales.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ?? M. is a seventy year old, young and very outgoing woman who tells us the story of how people used…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","paths-portuguese-way","digital_path-volunteer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n