The big sheets of slate were heavier than the children carrying them, and the kids hoisted them from their heads using these handmade harnesses of sticks and rope and torn cloth.
As grandes lâminas de ardósia eram mais pesadas do que as crianças que as carregavam e os miúdos içavam-nas das cabeças usando estes arneses artesanais de paus e corda e panos rasgados.