Very Large Cotton ShirtGairloch Museum This very large cotton shirt (known as a léine) gives us an insight into Highland life and attitudes. It belonged to Murdo Maciver of Achnasheen, known for his very large size – as can be seen from the size of the shirt – but...
Natural Heather Pot ScrubberGairloch Museum These heather twigs, joined together with a piece of handmade hemp rope, are actually an inventive, natural pot scrubber. They show the use of any available resources in the early 1950s, as the country emerged from the...
Shroud and StockingsGairloch Museum Many people kept a shroud at home in case it was unexpectedly required for a death at a time when orders took many days to arrive in Gairloch. It shows the importance to a family of wanting to do right by the departed. This example,...
Egg Preserver Gairloch Museum This ordinary galvanised bucket had an important culinary use. With a wire basket and tongs, it was actually used for ‘water glassing’ eggs. Eggs would be submerged in a pickling lime solution. This solution is made by heating limestone...
Cream Skimmer Gairloch Museum This wonderful kitchen device for skimming the cream from milk has been fashioned from a scallop shell drilled with holes. It shows an inventive use of natural materials and would have been used for making butter and crowdie cheese. ...
