ABSTRACT
Every craftsman and peasant was involved in the transmission of popular culture, and so were their mothers, wives and daughters. They passed it on every time they told a traditional story to someone else, while bringing up children necessarily involved transmitting the values of their culture or sub-culture. Life in a pre-industrial society was organised on a hand-made, do-it-yourself basis to a degree that we can scarcely imagine now. Shepherds made their own bagpipes as well as playing them. The men of the household made the furniture, and the women made the clothes; these were obvious winter occupations in the countryside. Anyone who fell ill or had an accident would be treated at home. Most entertainment was also organised on a do-it-yourself basis.
