File 01 - 0301_carmel_sammut_censu_borg_tal-lira_16.02.1999

1 digital surrogate of audio-cassette

Censu 'Tal-Lira' had always worked in the fields. He starts by describing a typical day for him as a child. The fields which they worked in were rented from the government. Initially the work was done by his grandfather, then his father together with himself and his brother until he ended up by himself and he gave the field to his children. Censu explains how they used to take their produce to the 'Pitkalija' on horse-drawn carriages in the early hours of the morning. He remembers a time when the 'Pitkalija' was in Cospicua. He goes into detail explaining the procedure at the 'Pitkalija'. He describes how he used to plant vegetables, depending on the moon cycle, something which his father used to do. Censu also explains how he used to collect and pull out water and how they had switched to an eclectic system.

• Malti

Duration of the interview: 20:21 min; Format Dimensions: Size MP3: 13.0 MB, Size WAV: 205 MB

The original audio cassette is preserved at the Department of History at the University of Malta

Interviewer: Carmel Sammut, Public Memory Archive

General keywords: agriculture, fields, food, beasts of burden, hourse-drawn carriage, 'Pitkalija', produce, agricultural tools, hardship, male

Unique keywords: payments, weather conditions, water, expenses, family

Date of cataloguing: 01/12/2020