2 (Chapter 2) What age was Grace when she went to her foster mother?
3 (Chapter 2) Who was Grace's foster brother?
4 (Chapter 1) Was Bridget's cottage like Grace's own home, Drumshee Castle?
5 Who loved Grace the most, her aunt or her foster mother Bridget?
Draw...!
Draw a picture of an Elizabethan child.
Fact File
In Gaelic Ireland, that is until the sixteenth century in the west of Ireland, most people had their children foster. A girl was fostered until she was fourteen. A boy was fostered until he was eighteen. A foster parent trained the child in the duties that s/he would have when grown up such as managing a household, sword play, playing chess, doing the work of a smith etc.
Explore...!
Make a list of what a foster parent nowadays would have to teach their foster child. Do you know anyone who is fostered? Do you think that they are happy?
Imagine......!
Imagine someone from Gaelic Ireland said that fosterage was the best way of bringing up children - what would you reply? Write down your answer.
Imagine that you were five years old and you were sent to a foster home. What would you feel? Would you like it? Write a description of what happened.
