Nannies of Pasiegas

The Amas de Cría Pasiegas were young women of childbearing age, who left their children to go to different parts of the Spanish geography, and take care of the infants of other mothers, always from a good family, who could not or did not want to raise their children. their children.

The nannies came to achieve such fame that the name pasiega was taken as a synonym for wet nurse, and the typical pasiego costume was even adopted as the uniform of the nannies who arrived in the capital. Many returned to their homes years later, when they had managed to raise enough money to improve the family economy and offer a good future for their children and husband.