A while ago it seems there was a discussion about children taking care of old folks and I can't remember the term for it - syttning... I'd like to explain it to someone but can't find a reference to it anywhere. Does anyone have a clue?
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The word is sytning. In the not so olden times the farmer, when he grew too old to farm, gave his farm to his heir. In compensation they made a contract according to which the old farmer was allowed to live on the farm, often in a separate house with his wife. In addition he got a certain amount of foodstuff like potatoes, corn, meat fish and so on and perhaps some pieces of clothing each year. These contracts were very exact. Some sytning contracts were in effect still in the 1970ies.
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