House and Family in the Basque Country
House and Family in the Basque Country
Etxe beteak atsegin, etxe hutsak bihotz min. When poverty comes in the door, love leaves through the window.
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Family Diet in the Basque Country
Maize, introduced in the 17th century, and potatoes, in the 19th, would revolutionise the Basque diet.
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Children’s Games in the Basque Country
Sirrin-sarran, domini pan, zure semea errotan, errota txiki, errota handi, eragin deutso, pin-pan.Children’s chant
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Traditional Medicine in the Basque Country
Verrugas tengo, verrugas vendo, aquí las dejo y me voy corriendo.Formula against warts
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Rites from Birth to Marriage in the Basque Country
Any bachelor, or spinster, traditionally continued to be linked to the homestead and to be an integral part of the family.
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Funeral Rites in the Basque Country
Each homestead used to have a burial site inside the church’s nave. When burials were transferred to cemeteries, the once real burial site in church became a symbolic family grave, were offerings of light and bread were made to their dead.
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
Livestock Farming and Shepherding in the Basque Country
Artaldearentzat artzain guti hobe ainitz baino. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Agriculture in the Basque Country
Elur asko den urtean, garia; eta erle asko dugunean, eztia. A year of snow, a year of plenty.
