Weasley Poverty, Working Wizard Women; was Molly & Arthur - was Why I like Ginny

[alshainofthenorth]

No: HPFGUIDX 123687


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "megalynn44" <megalynn44 at h...> 
wrote:
> A second issue I have is Molly Weasley's role as a homemaker. 
Having 
> so many young children at home, having to raise AND homeschool them 
> certainly warrants a stay-at-home mom. However, with all the 
children 
> out of the house 10 months out of the year, what does she do all 
day? 
> If the family was so strapped for cash (and the years when 5 of 
their 
> children were in school-books 2 and 3- were certainly the tightest)
> why not get a job? Come to think of it, how many mothers in the 
work 
> force have we seen in canon?

>From the orchard where the Weasley kids play Quidditch, throwing 
apples to each other instead of proper balls, and from the several 
chickens picking in the garden, I had the impression that Molly is 
running a small-scale farm with free-range poultry, eggs, apples etc. 
at the Burrow. If so, that's a full-time job right there. We can ask 
ourselves how many trees one needs to have an orchard instead of just 
a great many apple trees, or how many chickens "several" are, but 
I've had the impression that it's more than just a hobby. We've 
always speculated about where the wizarding world gets its food, and 
the Burrow could be part of that answer.

As an idle speculation, since the Weasleys seem to live in the West 
Country and the region is famous for scrumpy, Molly could have a 
cider press on the premises as well. At least I hope she has. :-)

Alshain, who loves English cider