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The Child Wanderer Path
After 7 days and 152 km we completed the expedition. It is unbelievable to think that kids all the way down to the age of 7 years old walked this road, BAREFOOT! In short, the child wandering started about 1800s. The children grew up in tight conditions and several in great distress. Children from the inner villages west of Agder walked to Kristiansand's area and further east to work on rich farms so that they could survive. Some of their work tasks were cooking, herding and slaughtering. The children left home in April and returned home in October / November. This lasted until around 1910, when the emigration to USA started.The…